ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154852
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| Date: | Saturday 6 April 2013 |
| Time: | 10:45 |
| Type: |  Cessna 182C Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8721T |
| MSN: | 52621 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7554 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-470-L(9)F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | McCone County, MT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lustre, MT |
| Acton, MT | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot departed the private airstrip in visual flight rules conditions and proceeded south for 27 miles toward a small town. While near the town, he made a mobile phone call to a family member and reported that there was fog near the river (along his route of flight) but that it was clear on the other side. The mobile phone connection then dropped, and the pilot made no further communications. The airplane wreckage was located 22 miles south of the town where the pilot made the phone call.
Examination of the airplane wreckage revealed damage and ground scars consistent with a high-energy vertical impact, and no evidence of preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures was found that would have precluded normal operation. The local meteorological observations and satellite imagery indicated that the airplane likely encountered instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), low clouds, and restricted visibility throughout the area about the time of the accident. The pilot had recently received his private pilot certificate, had accumulated 93 hours of total flight time, and did not hold an airplane instrument rating. The IMC combined with the pilot’s lack of instrument flight experience likely led to his becoming spatially disoriented, which resulted in the loss of airplane control.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control as a result of spatial disorientation. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to continue flight into low visibility conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Apr-2013 10:01 | gerard57 | Added |
| 07-Apr-2013 11:20 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2013 17:17 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2013 17:22 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 28-Nov-2017 14:31 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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