ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 35425
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Date: | Sunday 17 October 1993 |
Time: | 12:30 LT |
Type: | Mooney M20B |
Owner/operator: | Quearry, Carlos G. |
Registration: | N74724 |
MSN: | 1724 |
Total airframe hrs: | 2930 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A1D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Bethpage, TN -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Indianapolis, IN (I14) |
Destination airport: | Rome, GA (KRMG) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PRIVATE, NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT WAS ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. IT WAS REPORTED THAT LOW CEILINGS AND FOG COVERED THE CRASH SITE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. BASED ON WITNESS REPORTS, THE AIRCRAFT FLEW OVERHEAD AT LOW ALTITUDE, THEN RETURNED A SHORT TIME LATER. THE ENGINE SOUND WAS INDICATIVE OF HIGH RPM, FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY THE SOUND OF A CRASH. THE WRECKAGE WAS FOUND IN A PASTURE WHICH WAS BORDERED BY TREES. IMPACT DAMAGE WAS INDICATIVE OF A STEEP (APPROXIMATELY 56 DEGREES), NOSE LOW COLLISION WITH TREES AND TERRAIN. NO EVIDENCE OF A MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE WAS FOUND DURING THE WRECKAGE EXAMINATION. A SEARCH OF FLIGHT SERVICE STATION RECORDS REVEALED THAT THE PILOT DID NOT RECEIVE A WEATHER BRIEFING PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC, AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL. FACTORS WERE THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO USE A PREFLIGHT BRIEFING SERVICE, AND THE LOW CEILINGS AND FOG AT THE ACCIDENT SITE.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ATL94FA006 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year 1 month |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ATL94FA006
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:22 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
10-Apr-2024 10:32 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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