# NTSB ERA09RA161: Cessna 650, Rome, Italy, February 7, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 7, 2009, 05:03 local (05:03 UTC)
- Place: Rome, Italy
- Coordinates: 41.742778, 12.483055 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7428&lon=12.4831&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-climb to cruise: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73338
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA09RA161
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73338/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09RA161

## Probable cause

None.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute-climb to cruise: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Analysis

None.

## Factual narrative

On February 7, 2009, at 0503 coordinated universal time, a Cessna 650 (Citation III), Italian registration I-FEEV, was destroyed when it impacted terrain in Trigoria, Italy, about 4 minutes after takeoff from Ciampino Airport (LIRA), Rome, Italy. The pilot and co-pilot were killed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the departure airport for the flight destined for Bologna, Italy. This accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo (ANSV) of Italy. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo Via A. Benigni, 53-00156 Roma, Italia This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Italy.

## Aircraft

- Registration: I-FEEV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 650
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 650-0105
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Air One Executive
- Registered owner: Air One Executive
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: LIRA, Rome
- Destination: LIPE, Bologna
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: LIRA, Ciampino

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night
- Wind: 140° at 18 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 29.29 inHg
- Observed at: LIRA

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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