Accidents
CJ Pilot Reported Autopilot Failure Before Fatal Crash
A CitationJet pilot told controllers that his autopilot had failed, along with other instruments, shortly before the aircraft crashed Monday in Utah.

Reports of mechanical problems preceded the fatal crash of a 1999 Cessna CitationJet (N711BX) on Monday near Cedar Fort, Utah, some 32 miles south-southwest of Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC). Based on data from FlightAware, the CitationJet departed SLC at 9:52 a.m. local time on an IFR flight plan to Tucson, Ariz.