ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 191950
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| Date: | Friday 9 December 2016 |
| Time: | 18:19 |
| Type: |  Zenair CH 601 XL SLSA Zodiac |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4218 |
| MSN: | 601-068S |
| Year of manufacture: | 2008 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 263 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-200A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | McHenry County, west Marengo, IL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Poplar Grove, IL (C77) |
| Schaumburg, IL (06C) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The light sport pilot decided to conduct a night cross-country flight in his light sport airplane even though he was not current to act as pilot-in-command at night. Radar data depicted the airplane departing after sunset and proceeding along the intended route of flight. The last radar contact was at 3,500 ft above mean sea level (msl), about 2,600 ft above ground level, about 0.5 mile from the accident site. There were no witnesses to the accident, and the wreckage was located the following morning in a plowed field along the intended route of flight about 12.6 nautical miles from the departure airport.
The impact damage to the airframe was consistent with the airplane impacting the terrain while inverted. A postaccident examination of the airframe and engine did not reveal any anomalies consistent with a preimpact failure or malfunction.
The pilot's sport pilot certificate did not authorize him to fly at night. In conjunction with his private pilot training, he had an expired 90-day endorsement for night flight that was dated about 14 months before the accident. It is possible that the pilot became spatially disoriented and lost control of the airplane; however, given that the pilot had been flying at night and that there were no mechanical anomalies identified during the investigation, the reason for the loss of control could not be determined.
Probable Cause: A loss of control in flight for reasons that could not be determined because no anomalies consistent with a preimpact failure or malfunction were identified during the investigation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N4218
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Images:
Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Dec-2016 18:10 | harro | Added |
| 10-Dec-2016 18:27 | harro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 10-Dec-2016 23:24 | Geno | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 15-Mar-2018 20:14 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2018 21:20 | harro | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, Photo, ] |
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