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Supplemental System’s Failure Leaves Pilot Struggling for Control

A loose screw led to a series of problems that resulted in the Citation’s uncommanded roll and unexpected descent, the U.K. AAIB says.

by Linda Werfelman | January 4, 2021

The pilot had just taken off from England’s Bournemouth Airport in his recently purchased Cessna Citation CJ1+ when the airplane rolled sharply left and began descending.


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