2008 Biggin Hill Cessna Citation crash

2008 Biggin Hill Cessna Citation crash
A Cessna 500 Citation, similar to VP-BGE, a model 501
Accident
Date30 March 2008
SummaryEngine failure, pilot error
Site
Aircraft
Aircraft typeCessna 501 Citation
OperatorRoss Air
RegistrationVP-BGE
Flight originBiggin Hill, United Kingdom
DestinationPau, France
Occupants5
Passengers3
Crew2
Fatalities5
Survivors0

On 30 March 2008, a Cessna 501 Citation crashed into a house in Farnborough, London (UK), near Biggin Hill Airport, from where the aircraft had taken off a short time before. There were no survivors among the five people on board, which included former racing drivers Richard Lloyd and David Leslie.