ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 121357
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| Date: | Sunday 27 March 2011 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Stinson 108 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N97383 |
| MSN: | 108-383 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2350 hours |
| Engine model: | Franklin 6A4-150-B3 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ravine about five miles NW of Dickens, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Dickens, TX |
| Rockdale, TX | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane impacted terrain in night instrument meteorological conditions. There were no known eyewitnesses who saw the takeoff or accident. The wreckage was located in a pasture area of rolling hills by a local resident, approximately 1.25 miles southeast of the departure airfield. Ground scars and the wreckage path led to the main wreckage, which was oriented on a heading of 100 degrees. The pilot was not instrument rated and it was not determined whether he obtained a weather briefing. Although it is uncertain whether he obtained a weather briefing, the conditions on the night of the accident were obviously instrument conditions with overcast skies at 500 feet. The non-instrument rated pilot exhibited poor decision-making when he elected to fly in those conditions. A postaccident examination of the airframe and engine revealed no anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The non-instrument rated pilot's decision to fly in night instrument meteorological conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Mar-2011 02:39 | gerard57 | Added |
| 28-Mar-2011 03:20 | TB | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Mar-2011 04:57 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location] |
| 28-Mar-2011 12:02 | twarren | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2011 03:27 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 16:44 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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