Accidents
Preliminary Report: Caravan spins in
CESSNA 208B, PARKS, ARIZ., NOV.

CESSNA 208B, PARKS, ARIZ., NOV. 8, 2002–At approximately 10:20 a.m. Cessna N514DB, operated by Brown County Financial Services LLC of Snyder, Texas, was destroyed when it crashed following an uncontrolled descent near Parks. The instrument-rated commercial pilot and his three passengers were killed. The aircraft was operating IFR as a Part 91 flight in IMC from Las Vegas to Midland, Texas.

According to the Albuquerque, N.M. Center, at approximately 10:15 a.m. the pilot requested a climb from 15,000 ft to 17,000 ft. The controller issued the clearance, the pilot acknowledged and less than three minutes later both radar and radio contact were lost.

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