ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 142004
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| Date: | Saturday 21 January 2012 |
| Time: | 20:41 |
| Type: |  Cessna 177 Cardinal |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3435T |
| MSN: | 17700735 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | S of County Road 600, North Vernon, Jennings County, IN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lake of the Hil, IL (3CK) |
| Madison, IN (IMS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The non-instrument-rated pilot was conducting the accident flight under visual flight rules (VFR) without a flight plan in dark night conditions. Before the flight, the pilot obtained several weather briefings indicating that instrument meteorological conditions prevailed along his route of flight. Postaccident review of weather and radar data indicated that the airplane descended into instrument meteorological conditions near the destination airport. Based on the wreckage distribution, which was consistent with a high-speed impact, and the adverse weather conditions present at the time of the accident, it is likely that the pilot experienced spatial disorientation and lost control of the airplane. Federal Aviation Administration guidance indicated that spatial disorientation can occur when there is no natural horizon or surface reference, such as night flight in sparsely populated areas similar to that of the accident area and in instrument conditions. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The non-instrument-rated pilot's decision to fly into known instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the pilot's spatial disorientation and loss of airplane control.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
http://web.archive.org/web/20120305092135/http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/indiana/two-dead-in-jennings-county-plane-crash
https://www.wthr.com/article/police-identify-victims-of-jennings-county-plane-crash
http://www.wave3.com/story/16572091/small-plane-crashes-in-jennings-county-indiana
http://www.tribtown.com/news/-34515--.html
https://www.theindychannel.com/news/jennings-co-plane-crash-victims-identified
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N3435T/history/20120122/0027Z/KBVT/KIMS
https://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/03_3435T.txt
Lake in the Hills Airport (3CK)
https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120124X10943&key=1_
https://www.cardinalflyers.com/images/flyouts/wichita08/wich08_a_65.jpg
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2012 23:54 | Alpine Flight | Added |
| 22-Jan-2012 04:19 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2012 08:24 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 22-Jan-2012 16:19 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 23-Jan-2012 12:50 | Geno | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jan-2012 22:21 | Geno | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2012 13:20 | harro | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 17:53 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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