http://www.kctv5.com/Global/story.asp?S=5915192
"Pilots Jesse Rhodes and Richard Peter Cesarz were ferrying the 50-seat Pinnacle Airlines regional jet from Little Rock, Ark., to Minneapolis without passengers when they decided "to have a little fun" according to the cockpit voice recorder transcript.
They took the plane to an unusually high altitude of 41,000 feet, performed aggressive flight maneuvers, switched seats during the flight and ignored repeated cockpit warnings that the plane was about to stall.
First one, then the second engine stalled. But the pilots didn't follow the proper procedures to restart them and didn't tell air traffic control than both engines had shut down.
"Overall, the pilots' behavior during this flight was not consistent with the degree of discipline, maturity and responsibility required of professional pilots," said Evan Byrne, the NTSB's acting deputy director of aviation safety.
Both men died after the plane crashed in a residential area. No one was injured on the ground.
The safety agency also found the plane's engines had a history of locking up at high altitudes during test flights and that flight manuals did not explain the importance of keeping a minimum air speed to keep engine cores rotating.
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NTSB investigators said there seemed to be an unusual curiosity among some Pinnacle pilots about flying at 41,000 feet and some pilots used the term "410 club" during investigation interviews."
As the saying goes... curiosity killed the cat. Just tragic