Date: | Wednesday 23 October 2002 |
Time: | 19:45 |
Type: | Cessna 208B Super Cargomaster |
Owner/operator: | Mid-Atlantic Freight |
Registration: | N76U |
MSN: | 208B0775 |
Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4001 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 8 km NW of Spanish Fort, AL -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Mobile Aerospace Field, AL (BFM/KBFM) |
Destination airport: | Montgomery-Dannelly Field, AL (MGM/KMGM) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Cessna, carrying bank checks, departed Mobile (BFM) at 19:40 on an instrument flight to Montgomery (MGM). At an altitude of 3000 feet the pilot was given a traffic advisory by air traffic control. The pilot reported that the traffic, a FedEx DC-10, was above him. At the time the pilot stated that he needed to deviate, data indicate that the accident airplane was in or entering an uncontrolled descent. The airplane appeared to have nearly recovered from extreme attitudes as it impacted the swampy water in the Big Bateau Bay.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's spatial disorientation, which resulted in loss of airplane control. Contributing to the accident was the night instrument meteorological conditions with variable cloud layers."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ATL03FA008 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 3 years and 2 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
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photo (c) NTSB; 8 km NW of Spanish Fort, AL; October 2002; (publicdomain)
photo (c) NTSB; 8 km NW of Spanish Fort, AL; October 2002; (publicdomain)
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