ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 133264
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| Date: | Friday 26 March 1999 |
| Time: | 22:00 LT |
| Type: |  Diamond DA20-A1 Katana |
| Owner/operator: | The Global Group |
| Registration: | N528SS |
| MSN: | 10092 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 981 hours |
| Engine model: | Rotax S12 A3 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Coyote, NM -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Durango, CO (KDRO) |
| Sante Fe, NM (KSAF) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot and his pilot-rated passenger were flying cross-country for the purpose of building flight time. The pilot assumed the role of PIC for the leg from Durango to their intended destination of Santa Fe. During a stop earlier in the day in Las Vegas, the passenger checked the weather using a computer located in the terminal, which called for low clouds and a narrow temperature/dew point spread at the airport in Santa Fe. He did not obtain SIGMETS. While in cruise flight, he and his passenger began to encounter snow, fog and rain. While attempting to climb, he entered instrument meteorological conditions. The aircraft then impacted the trees in a 90 right bank and at a 45 degree downward pitch. The aircraft came to rest in an inverted position along a 45 degree inclining mountainous slope covered by several feet of snow. The aircraft was not IFR equipped.
Probable Cause: The pilot-in-command's inadvertent flight into adverse weather, and his continued flight into instrument meteorological conditions. Factors were his failure to obtain an updated recorded weather briefing, the existing weather conditions which included snow, fog and rain, and the aircraft not being IFR equipped.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN99LA060
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 26-Nov-2017 10:55 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2024 08:08 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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