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Federal investigators say spatial disorientation in dangerous weather conditions led a pilot to lose control of a private plane carrying members of the Grammy-nominated gospel group The Nelons , resulting in an in-flight breakup that killed all seven people aboard. The National Transportation Safety Board determined that pilot Larry Haynie became spatially disoriented while manually operating the Pilatus PC-12/47E in instrument meteorological conditions. Investigators said an updraft associated with convective weather exceeded the autopilot system’s capability and caused it to disconnect, creating a distraction that contributed to the loss of control, according to WSB. The July 26, 2024, crash killed Kelly Nelon Clark, her husband, Jason Nelon Clark, and their daughter, Amber Nelon Kistler. Also killed were Amber Nelon Kistler’s husband, Nathan Kistler; the group’s assistant, Melodi Hodges; Larry Haynie; and his wife, Melissa Haynie.
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1 dead — Kelly Nelon Clark Federal investigators combined those accounts with flight data, wreckage evidence and weather modeling in reaching their probable-cause determination.
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