| Date: | Wednesday 2 December 1998 |
| Time: | 12:16 |
| Type: |  Cessna 501 Citation I/SP |
| Owner/operator: | Yates Aviation |
| Registration: | N501EZ |
| MSN: | 501-0058 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5874 hours |
| Cycles: | 5436 flights |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 30 km S of Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport, AR) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport, AR (KMEZ) |
| Texarkana Municipal Airport, AR (TXK/KTXK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Rolled to an inverted position and crashed 17 miles south of the departure airport, Mena, AR. The reason for the loss of control was not determined.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's in flight loss of control for undetermined reasons. "
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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