ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 39604
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| Date: | Thursday 3 June 1993 |
| Time: | 22:40 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-36-285 Pawnee Brave |
| Owner/operator: | B & B Flying Service |
| Registration: | N57592 |
| MSN: | 36-7560125 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2747 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-720-A1B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Texhoma, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Borger, TX (KBGD) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT WAS FERRYING THE AGRICULTURAL AIRPLANE BACK TO HOME BASE ON A DARK NIGHT FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF UNSCHEDULED MAINTENANCE AT A NEARBY AIRPORT. HE FLEW INTO IMC 10 MILES SHORT OF HIS DESTINATION. A MAGNETIC COMPASS AND THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR WERE THE ONLY FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS INSTALLED ON THE AIRPLANE. CONTROL WAS LOST AFTER THE PILOT EXPERIENCED SPATIAL DISORIENTATION AND THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE TERRAIN AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUTE IN A RIGHT 90 DEGREE BANK. A PILOT AT THE POINT OF DEPARTURE REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE HEADED INTO AN ANVIL TYPE CUMULONIMBUS CLOUD WITH SEVERE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. FACTORS WERE THE WEATHER, THE DARK NIGHT, THE AIRPLANE'S LACK OF FLIGHT AND NAVIGATIONAL EQUIPMENT, AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF INSTRUMENT TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW93FA176
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 10-Apr-2024 13:34 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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