Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 02 DEC 1998 |
| Time: | 12:16 CST |
| Type: | Cessna 501 Citation I/SP |
| Operator: | Yates Aviation |
| Registration: | N501EZ |
| C/n / msn: | 501-0058 |
| First flight: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5874 |
| Cycles: | 5436 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT15D-1A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 30 km (18.8 mls) S of Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport, AR) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport, AR (KMEZ), United States of America |
| Texarkana Municipal Airport, AR (TXK/KTXK), United States of America |
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. " Events:
Sources:
» NTSB
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport, AR to Texarkana Municipal Airport, AR as the crow flies is 122 km (76 miles).
Distance from Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport, AR to Texarkana Municipal Airport, AR as the crow flies is 122 km (76 miles).
