Pilot incapacitation preceded Citation V’s fatal spiral dive

Citation V wreckage-c-NTSB

Source: NTSB

US investigators believe the pilot of a Cessna Citation V became incapacitated before the aircraft entered a tight spiral descent from 31,000ft and disintegrated on impact with terrain in Oregon’s Mutton mountain range.

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