ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 365659
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| Date: | Saturday 23 February 1991 |
| Time: | 21:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150L |
| Owner/operator: | Trans-american Airways, Inc. |
| Registration: | N1469Q |
| MSN: | 15072769 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-200-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Everglades City, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Naples, FL (KAPF) |
| Miami, FL (KTMB) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING THE RETURN LEG OF A STUDENT PLT SOLO CROSS COUNTRY AT NIGHT, THE STUDENT PLT FLEW INTO A CLOUD & BECAME DISORIENTED. THE ACFT ENTERED A SPIRAL & DESCENDED UNTIL IMPACT WITH TERRAIN. THERE WERE NO GROUND REFERENCE LIGHTS IN THE AREA OF THE LOSS OF CONTROL. THE STUDENT PLT DEPARTED ON THE FIRST LEG (1 HR FLT) OF A TWO LEG CROSS COUNTRY FLT 47 MINUTES BEFORE THE OFFICIAL END OF TWILIGHT. HIS CFI REPORTEDLY REVIEWED HIS FLT PLANNING BUT DID NOT SIGN THE STUDENT'S LOGBOOK.
Probable Cause: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION BY THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. FACTORS WERE: DARK NIGHT CONDITION, PENETRATION OF A CLOUD, AND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION RESULTING IN A SPIRAL.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA91LA086
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 20-Mar-2024 12:28 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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