ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 121917
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| Date: | Sunday 24 April 2011 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 320F Skyknight |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N320AZ |
| MSN: | 320-0027 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520 series |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lake Heron, Lake Heron State Park, New Mexico -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Prescott, AZ |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane was on a cross-country flight. A witness, who was on a lake, reported that he heard the sound of an airplane pass low over his head. He added that the engine sound went silent and that he saw a splash of water as the airplane impacted the lake. The airplane was not recovered from the lake; however, highly fragmented parts of the airplane were recovered. Numerous packages, reportedly illegal narcotics, surfaced from the wreckage and were seized by the authorities. At the time of the accident, rain and thunderstorms were reported in the area. The accident is consistent with controlled flight into terrain, while the pilot was operating at low altitude in reduced visibility conditions.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s controlled flight into terrain while conducting a flight at low altitude in instrument meteorological conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Apr-2011 01:45 | dfix | Added |
| 25-Apr-2011 03:39 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 25-Apr-2011 05:47 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 26-Apr-2011 02:24 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator] |
| 27-Apr-2011 01:56 | gerard57 | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2012 13:56 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2012 13:58 | harro | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 16:51 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Nov-2022 20:31 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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