ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 227894
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| Date: | Saturday 3 August 2019 |
| Time: | 11:43 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee D |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N5167L |
| MSN: | 28-4453 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7518 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A4A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ontonagon, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ironwood-Gogebic County Airport, MI (IWD/KIWD) |
| Ontonagon County Schuster Field, MI (KOGM) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On August 3, 2019, about 1143 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-28-180 airplane, N5167L, collided with trees and terrain near Ontonagon, Michigan. The private pilot was fatally injured, and the airplane was destroyed. The airplane was owned by private individual and operated under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 without a flight plan. Day instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the accident site. The cross-country flight to Ontonagon County Airport (OGM) departed Gogebic-Iron County Airport (IWD), near Ironwood, Michigan, about 1115.
The pilot, who was not instrument rated, was conducting a personal flight in visual meteorological conditions when he flew into an area of instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) with thunderstorm activity. After flying several minutes in IMC, the airplane entered a left turn that became increasingly tighter along with a with a rapid climb that was followed by a rapid descent until the airplane impacted the ground. The airplane was destroyed.
Postaccident examination revealed no evidence of a preexisting mechanical malfunction or failure that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane. The spiral flightpath with significant changes in altitude was consistent with the pilot experiencing the effects of spatial disorientation. Weather imagery indicated an outflow boundary ahead of the main cumulonimbus cloud line. The pilot likely encountered gusty and turbulent wind conditions when the airplane flew into the outflow boundary. The adverse weather conditions likely contributed to the pilot’s spatial disorientation. The pilot did not receive a weather briefing before the flight..
Probable Cause: The non-instrument-rated pilot’s decision to continue visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions with thunderstorm activity, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a loss of airplane control.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/content/news/Fatal-plane-crash-in-Ontonagon-County--518304001.html
https://apnews.com/bdbaf8632ce340a69686fdeb1c7b34f8
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N5167L
https://uk.flightaware.com/photos/view/5833296-cd761903cb39284cfb5796f33c00f05c82185a56/aircrafttype/P28A (photo)
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Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Aug-2019 20:01 | Geno | Added |
| 04-Aug-2019 20:12 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2019 20:13 | RobertMB | Updated [Date] |
| 05-Aug-2019 17:01 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 05-Aug-2019 17:05 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2019 02:34 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2022 10:14 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report, Photo] |
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