ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 227777
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| Date: | Monday 29 July 2019 |
| Time: | 19:12 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft V35B Bonanza |
| Owner/operator: | Two Three Echo Ltd |
| Registration: | N3804X |
| MSN: | D-10358 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 7nm NE of Senneterre, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, QC -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Oshkosh-Wittman Field, WI (OSH/KOSH) |
| Danbury Airport, CT (DXR/KDXR) | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On 29 July 2019, at 15:55 Eastern Daylight Time, the Beechcraft V35B Bonanza aircraft (N3804X) departed Wittman Regional Airport, Wisconsin, United States, for a daytime visual flight rules flight to Danbury Municipal Airport, Connecticut, United States, with only the pilot on board. Shortly after takeoff, the aircraft began to deviate north of the planned route and subsequently into Canadian airspace. At 19:12, while in the vicinity of a line of rain showers, thunderstorms, and lightning, the aircraft entered a right turn, descended rapidly and collided with terrain approximately 7 nautical miles northeast of Senneterre, Quebec.
The occurrence site was located in a heavily wooded area, more than 350 NM north of the intended track from OSH to DXR, and 452 NM from DXR.
The accident site was found 4 days later, on 2 August 2019. The pilot was fatally injured. The aircraft was destroyed. There was no post-impact fire. No signal was detected from the aircraft’s emergency locator transmitter.
Findings as to causes and contributing factors
- The pilot’s decision making was likely affected by plan continuation bias, which led him to continue a visual flight rules flight in adverse weather conditions.
- The flight path suggests that the pilot likely experienced spatial disorientation from a visual or vestibular illusion and, as a result, the aircraft entered a spiral dive and collided with terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/pilot-found-dead-in-wreckage-of-small-u-s-plane-that-went-missing-in-quebec
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2019/07/31/air-force-searches-northern-quebec-for-missing-us-plane-with-one-person-on-board.html
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/canadian-armed-forces-search-for-plane-that-went-missing-over-abitibi
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N3804X
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N3804X
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000502036.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 January 1988 | N3804X | Private | 0 | Temple, TX |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Aug-2019 05:58 | gerard57 | Added |
| 01-Aug-2019 12:38 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 03-Aug-2019 15:02 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2019 16:25 | RobertMB | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Dec-2020 18:42 | harro | Updated [Time, Location, Damage, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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