Wichita Falls - Hazard - Middleburg

On August 28, 2006 at 02:40 PM, Wichita Falls - Hazard - Middleburg experienced a crash involving Cessna 401, operated by Jason S. Christie, with the event recorded near Whick Kentucky.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 6, passenger fatalities: 6, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The airplane departed on a long cross country flight, with thunderstorms and rain squalls along the general route. Approaching the destination airport, the airplane entered a rain squall, stalled, and impacted the ground in an almost vertical descent. Other than the onboard weather radar being previously removed for maintenance, there were no mechanical anomalies noted with the airplane. The pilot, whose logbook was not recovered, was not instrument qualified. Although he was recently observed flying four to five times weekly, when the pilot applied for a multi-engine rating about 3 1/2 months earlier, he indicated 107 hours of total flight experience.

Aircraft reference details include registration N408JC, MSN 401-0075, year of manufacture 1969.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 37.4218°, -83.3760°.