ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 364212
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Date: | Friday 29 November 1991 |
Time: | 04:00 LT |
Type: | Cessna 182F |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N37749 |
MSN: | 18254487 |
Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-470-R |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Morse, TX -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Tyler, TX (KTYR) |
Destination airport: | Pampa, TX (KPPA) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:A NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT DEPARTED ON A 362 MILE NIGHT CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT WITHOUT OBTAINING A WEATHER BRIEFING. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC WEATHER, LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES BEYOND HIS INTENDED DESTINATION.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S ATTEMPTED VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC CONDITIONS. FACTORS WERE, THE PILOT'S LACK OF INSTRUMENT QUALIFICATION, HIS FAILURE TO OBTAIN A WEATHER BRIEFING PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT, AND DARK NIGHT CONDITIONS.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | FTW92LA030 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 4 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB FTW92LA030
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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