ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154662
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| Date: | Friday 29 March 2013 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Superior Flying Services LLC |
| Registration: | N5367B |
| MSN: | 15283850 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Four miles south of Hawley, MN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Superior, WI (SUW) |
| Moorhead, MN (JKJ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The noninstrument-rated private pilot departed on a personal flight without a flight plan. According to a designated pilot examiner, the pilot obtained weather information on a computer before the flight. Weather reports indicated that instrument meteorological conditions prevailed before and during the flight at the destination airport. According to the pilot’s mother, she talked to him during the flight, told him that fog existed in the area, and asked him to land in another area; the pilot continued the flight without diverting. Search and rescue operations were conducted about 4 hours later when the pilot’s mother contacted local authorities due to concern that he had not arrived. The airplane wreckage was located about 15 miles east of the destination airport and exhibited a high-speed, right-wing-low impact with terrain, indicative of a loss of control. Examination of the airplane revealed no mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The noninstrument-rated pilot’s improper decision to conduct a flight into known instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a loss of control.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=5367B
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Mar-2013 02:43 | gerard57 | Added |
| 30-Mar-2013 05:00 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source] |
| 30-Mar-2013 16:53 | Geno | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Apr-2013 21:42 | Geno | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 28-Nov-2017 14:14 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jul-2022 18:29 | rvargast17 | Updated [Source, Damage] |
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