Accidents
Preliminary Reports - Sovereign Pummeled by Turbulence
The CitationAir Sovereign was substantially damaged after an encounter with turbulence during cruise flight.

The CitationAir Sovereign was substantially damaged after an encounter with turbulence during cruise flight. The twinjet was on a Part 91 positioning flight in clear air from Denver’s Centennial Airport to Eagle County Airport when it was buffeted by extreme turbulence that lasted less than a minute. As the autopilot disengaged, the crew was briefly unable to keep the wings level and maintain altitude or airspeed. Post-flight inspection revealed overstress damage that caused wrinkling and debonding of the top skin of both wings. The two pilots were uninjured.떵