Snow, Fog Reported In Area

Investigators with the NTSB and FAA are at the scene of Thursday morning's fatal downing of a Cessna Citation 550 bizjet near Dillon, MT.

Sheriff Jay Hansen told Moline, IL television station WQAD-8 Allan Hamilton was at the controls of his private plane (type shown above), when it impacted a field east of Dillon Airport (KDLN). The aircraft exploded on impact, Hansen said, killing Hamilton and passenger John Wauterlek.

Both men worked at the Chicago-area real estate firm that Hamilton founded. The aircraft was inbound to Dillon from Rockford, IL.

According to the FAA's Preliminary Report, shown below, conditions at DLN at the time of the accident indicate light wind out of the southwest at 8 knots, with light snow and fog reducing visibility to one mile.

IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 22HP        Make/Model: C550      Description: 550, S550, 552 Citation 2/S2/Bravo (T-47
  Date: 05/03/2007     Time: 1645

  Event Type: Accident   Highest Injury: Fatal     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage: Destroyed

LOCATION
  City: DILLON   State: MT   Country: US

DESCRIPTION
  AIRCRAFT ON APPROACH CRASHED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY, THE TWO PERSONS ON BOARD
  WERE FATALLY INJURED, DILLON, MT

INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   2
                 # Crew:   1     Fat:   1     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Pass:   1     Fat:   1     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   

WEATHER: WIND210 AT 8 VSBY1 LIGHT SNOW FOG

OTHER DATA
  Activity: Unknown      Phase: Approach      Operation: OTHER

  Departed: CHICAGO, IL                 Dep Date:    Dep. Time:     
  Destination: DILLON, MT               Flt Plan: IFR          Wx Briefing: 
  Last Radio Cont: 
  Last Clearance: 

  FAA FSDO: HELENA, MT  (NM05)                    Entry date: 05/04/2007

FMI: www.faa.gov