ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 325958
Date: | Tuesday 11 September 1990 |
Time: | 04:00 |
Type: | Morane Saulnier MS.760B Paris II |
Owner/operator: | Stonewall Transport |
Registration: | N23ST |
MSN: | 50 |
Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
Total airframe hrs: | 1108 hours |
Engine model: | Turbomeca Marboré VI C-2 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Albuquerque, NM -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Albuquerque International Airport, NM (ABQ/KABQ) |
Destination airport: | Las Cruces Municipal Airport, NM (LRU/KLRU) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The pilot, a heart transplant surgeon, planned a return flight to Las Cruces to retrieve a donor heart. After takeoff into a dark, clear, moonless night towards open, flat terrain with few ground lights, the aircraft impacted the ground in a left wing/nose slightly low attitude at high speed. The pilot had been awake for 22 hours with little or no rest.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Failure of the pilot to maintain a climb after takeoff, due to spatial disorientation. Factors related to the accident were: darkness, pilot fatigue, and the pilot's lack of recent experience in night flying operation. "
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | DEN90FA184 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 8 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
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