ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144183
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| Date: | Friday 2 March 2012 |
| Time: | 13:40 |
| Type: |  Cessna 350 Corvalis (LC42-550FG) |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N167ZP |
| MSN: | 421009 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 134 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-550 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Salisburry, NC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fly High Lexington/Davidson County Airport, NC (EXX) |
| Venice Municipal Airport, FL (VNC) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Before the airplane departed on a continuing cross-country flight, a lineman at the airport spoke to the pilot and mentioned the marginal nature of the weather. The pilot responded that he was going to stay below 1,900 feet and that he should be fine. The lineman recalled looking at the automated weather observing system monitor, and it was reporting 1,800-foot ceilings and 10 miles visibility locally. Witnesses reported that the airplane’s takeoff and departure were normal. The lineman stated that the weather at the time was visual flight rules with light rain. The airplane was not captured on radar, and the pilot was not in radio contact with air traffic control. According to witnesses near the accident site, they heard the airplane flying overhead but did not see it due to heavy fog. One witness reported that shortly after hearing the aircraft overhead, he heard a loud splash in a nearby lake and, as he turned toward the lake, he saw a large spray of water. Shortly thereafter, a large amount of debris was observed in the water. About 30 minutes elapsed between the time the airplane took off and when it impacted the lake.
The airplane was recovered from the lake and exhibited severe fragmentation, consistent with a steep, high-speed descent and impact. A postaccident examination of the airplane and engine revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. Based on the weather conditions reported by weather-observing equipment and witnesses, the pilot encountered instrument meteorological conditions. The steep, high-speed impact is consistent with an uncontrolled descent due to the pilot’s spatial disorientation.
Probable Cause: The non-instrument-rated pilot's decision to continue flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a loss of control.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/plane-crashes-high-rock-lake-2-killed/329612239
https://www.salisburypost.com/News/030312-Two-dead-after-High-Rock-Lake-plane-crash-qcd
https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/Possible-plane-crash-in-Rpwan-County-141210653.html_
https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/article/217653/57/Michigan-Couple-Killed-In-High-Rock-Plane-Crash?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Cbc%7Clarge?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Cbc%7Clarge
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=8567553
http://www.wbtv.com/story/17066413/possible-plane-crash-into-rowan-co-lake-authorities-say
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N167ZP
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Images:
Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Mar-2012 21:29 | Geno | Added |
| 02-Mar-2012 21:32 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 02-Mar-2012 21:33 | Geno | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2012 01:17 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2012 01:19 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 03-Mar-2012 12:55 | harro | Updated [[Aircraft type, Source]] |
| 04-Mar-2012 03:05 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 16-Mar-2012 15:44 | Geno | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 20:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Apr-2022 23:05 | Captain Adam | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Photo] |
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