G-UESS — accident record & aircraft history

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Safety history

December 8, 1983Accident
Report No: 5/1984. Report on the accident to Cessna Citation 500, G-UESS at the Isle of Lewis on 8 December 1983 Download report: 5-1984 G-UESS.pdf (3,207.31 kb) Report Appendices To view appendices, click on link below: 5/1984 Cessna Citation 500, G-UESS Appendices (189.65 kb)
Cessna Citation 500 · 10 fatalities
The pilot's lack of awareness of his true altitude, which resulted in his allowing his aircraft to descend until it struck the sea. Likely contributory factors were that he was distracted by the need to establish visual contact with another aircraft and that he was misled by false cues from lights on the ground ahead of him. Full accident record