Creighton King with his Cassutt 111M. [Credit: KITPLANES]
Key Takeaways:
Creighton King, owner of Cassutt Aircraft and an experienced aircraft builder and race pilot, was killed in a test flight accident in West Jordan, Utah.
The accident occurred shortly after takeoff when his Cassutt 111M race airplane veered right at low altitude and crashed, disintegrating on impact.
King was conducting the test flight to check the aircraft's recently overhauled engine in preparation for the upcoming National Championship Air Races at Reno.
These words appear on the web page of Cassutt Aircraft, owned by Creighton King. King, an aircraft builder and race pilot who was killed Wednesday in West Jordan, Utah, during a test flight of his Cassutt 111M race airplane, Race No. 15, Last Lap Player.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
