4 Killed in Cessna-560 Crash

[FlyingPhotog]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11006288/

CARLSBAD, Calif. - A corporate jet skidded off an airport runway and crashed Tuesday morning, bursting into flames, officials said. Four people were killed, the FAA confirmed.

The Cessna 560 twin-engine jet was coming in from Sun Valley, Idaho, the FAA reported.

The jet skidded off the west end of the runway of McClellan-Palomar Airport at around 6:40 a.m., Bill Polick, spokesman for the San Diego County Department of Public Works, said. Television footage showed flames billowing from the aircraft, which appeared to have hit a building.


R.I.P.

[screaming_emu]

Television footage showed flames billowing from the aircraft, which appeared to have hit a building.

Soon we'll have members claiming that it never really hit the building, it was a government sponsored hoax.


Any ideas on weather/runway conditions?

[Sam at MAN]

Damn thats sad Poor people R.I.P

[andrew_c]

I have looked up the flightplans into KCRQ and it appears that it is this aircraft:

N86CE
http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=253675

N86CE GOSHIP AIR LLC (KETCHUM ID)
Aircraft	Cessna 560 Citation 5 (twin-jet) [C560/Q]
Origin	Friedman Mem [KSUN]
Destination	Mc Clellan Palomar [KCRQ]
Route	HLE CLEIN BERYL BLD TNP
Date	Tuesday, Jan 24, 2006
Duration	1 hour 46 minutes
Status	Arrived! (track log)
	Proposed/Assigned	Actual/Estimated
Departure	07:30	07:50
Arrival	09:21	09:36
Groundspeed	420 kts
Altitude	38000 feet

N-number : N86CE
Aircraft Serial Number : 560-0265
Aircraft Manufacturer : CESSNA
Model : 560
Engine Manufacturer : P&W
Model : JT15D 5SER
Aircraft Year : 1994
Owner Name : GOSHIP AIR LLC
Owner Address : PO BOX 989
KETCHUM, ID, 83340-0989
Type of Owner : Corporation
Registration Date : 19-Jul-2005
Airworthiness Certificate Type : Standard
Approved Operations : Transport

[FlyingPhotog]

Any ideas on weather/runway conditions?

METAR KCRQ 241653Z AUTO 05003KT 10SM CLR 19/M07 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP147 T01941067

[JordanD]

That's very unusual as the weather looked pretty good. I guess this is a mechanical thing or pilot error.

[wannabepilot777]

Arrived!

indeed. RIP