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VFR flight in IMC
Last updated: 17 January 2020
Fits within the ICAO Occurrence Category: UIMC
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21 Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Ground
10 Loss of control

140 occurrences in the ASN safety database, showing occurrence 1 - 100

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date type registration operator fat. location   pic cat
20-JUL-1935Douglas DC-2-115E PH-AKG KLM 13 Pian San Gia... A1
07-APR-1936Douglas DC-2-112 NC13721 TWA 12 near Fairchance, PA   A1
06-MAY-1945Curtiss C-46D 44-77839 USAAF 30+ 1 Hindhead   A1
20-NOV-1949Douglas C-47A (DC-3) PH-TFA Aero Holland 34 near Oslo-Fornebu... A1
30-DEC-1949Lisunov Li-2 CCCP-L4704 Aeroflot / Moscow 3 near Sverdlovsk-K...   A1
07-MAR-1950Martin 2-0-2 NC93050 Northwest Orient Airlines 13+ 2 near Minneapolis-...   A1
18-MAY-1951Douglas C-47B (DC-3) PP-SPL VASP 7 near Rancharia, SP   A1
06-JUN-1951Douglas DC-3D PP-NAL L.A. Transcontinental Brasileira 2 Gramacho, Ri...   A1
29-DEC-1951Curtiss C-46A N3944C Continental Charters 26 near Salamanca, NY   A1
01-SEP-1953Douglas C-49K (DC-3) N19941 Regina Cargo Airlines 21 near Vail, WA   A1
19-MAR-1954Fairchild C-119F-FA Flying Boxcar 51-7993 USAF 18 near Lothian, MD   A1
22-DEC-1955Douglas C-47B (DC-3) G-AMZC Manx Airlines 3 near Düsseldorf A...   A1
21-APR-1957Douglas DC-3C N65276 Frontier Airlines 0 near Phoenix, AZ   A2
15-SEP-1957Douglas C-53-DO (DC-3) N34417 Northeast Airlines 12 New Bedford, MA   A1
06-OCT-1957Lockheed 18 Lodestar N80G Standard Oil Company 6 near Uniontown, PA   A1
20-OCT-1957Lockheed 18 Lodestar ZK-BMC Fieldair 2 Bideford   A1
23-NOV-1957Douglas C-47D (DC-3) 43-49403 Air National Guard 4 near Gustavus Air...   A1
16-JAN-1959Curtiss C-46A LV-GED Austral Lineas Aéreas 51 near Mar del Plat...   A1
24-SEP-1959Douglas C-54B (DC-4) N63396 Reeve Aleutian Airways 16 Great Sitkin...   A1
15-JUL-1960Douglas C-47A (DC-3) ET-T-18 Ethiopian Air Lines 1 near Jimma   A1
28-OCT-1960Douglas C-54A (DC-4) N48762 Northwest Orient Airlines 12 near Missoula, MT   A1
23-NOV-1961DH-106 Comet 4 LV-AHR Aerolineas Argentinas 52 near São Paulo/Ca... A1
06-DEC-1962Douglas C-47 (DC-3) HK-437 Líneas Aéreas Taxader 24 near Barrancabermeja   A1
01-FEB-1963Vickers 754D Viscount OD-ADE MEA 14+ 87 Ulus Distric... A1
04-AUG-1963Douglas C-49E (DC-3DST-144) PP-SLL Sadia 10 Ibicaré, SC   A1
24-AUG-1963Avia 14 CCCP-61617 Aeroflot / Georgia 32 near Kutaisi Airp...   A1
21-FEB-1964Douglas C-47B (DC-3) PI-C97 Philippine Air Lines 31 near Marawi   A1
01-MAR-1964Lockheed L-049 Constellation N86504 Paradise Airlines 85 near Lake Tahoe A... A1
28-MAR-1964Vickers 785D Viscount I-LAKE Alitalia 45 Mt Somma   A1
20-MAY-1964DHC-3 Otter PI-C51 Philippine Air Lines 11 Sibuco Point   A1
22-MAR-1965Douglas C-47 (DC-3) HK-109 Avianca 29 Pan de Azuca...   A1
23-APR-1965Douglas DC-6A N6541C Aaxico Airlines 5 Mt Rainier, WA   A1
11-SEP-1965Douglas DC-3A-197 PI-C942 Filipinas Orient Airways 10 Mt Kantakan   A1
08-NOV-1965Douglas C-47 (DC-3) HK-1202 Taxi Aéreo Opita - TAO 26 Canón del Pa...   A1
23-NOV-1965Curtiss C-46R N1210W Associated Aviation Ind. 5 near Urrao   A1
27-NOV-1965Douglas DC-3A N485 Edde Airlines 13 near Salt Lake Ci...   A1
27-JAN-1966Curtiss C-46A LV-GFW Aerovías Halcón 0 near Río Cuarto, CD   A1
09-FEB-1967Antonov An-12A CU-T827 Cubana 10 near Mexico City-... A1
11-APR-1967Lockheed 18 Lodestar N699C private 2 near Aguila, AZ   A1
06-JUL-1967Fokker F-27 Friendship 100 PI-C527 Philippine Air Lines 21 near Bacolod   A1
03-SEP-1968Ilyushin Il-18E LZ-BEG Bulair, lsf TABSO 47 near Karnobat   A1
24-DEC-1968Lockheed L-100 Hercules N760AL Interior Airways 2 Prudhoe Bay, AK   A1
05-DEC-1969Lockheed 18 Lodestar N410M private 11 near Albuquerque, NM   A1
28-APR-1970DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 VH-TGR TAA 8 near Kainantu A1
12-MAY-1972Lockheed 18 Learstar N211L Carolina Aircraft 8 Okeechobee, FL   A1
19-JAN-1973Vickers 802 Viscount G-AOHI BEA 4 near Glasgow A1
27-SEP-1973Convair CV-600 N94230 Texas International 11 Black Fork M... A1
17-NOV-1973Douglas C-47B (DC-3) XV-NIE Air Vietnam 27 near Quang Ngai   A1
22-JAN-1974Antonov An-2R CCCP-33225 Aeroflot / North Kavkaz 2 Yegorlykskay...   A1
01-OCT-1974Volpar Turboliner N357V Winship Air Services 6 Lupine Airst...   A1
16-JAN-1975Antonov An-2P CCCP-70417 Aeroflot / Ukraine 12 near Sam Neua Air...   A1
18-SEP-1975Antonov An-2V CCCP-98302 Aeroflot / Krasnoyarsk, op.for Soviet AF 3 near Turukhansk (...   A1
04-SEP-1976DHC-3 Otter CF-MIT Austin Airways 10 Abitibi Cany...   A1
30-MAR-1977Yakovlev Yak-40 CCCP-87738 Aeroflot / Ukraine 8 near Zhdanov Airp...   A1
04-SEP-1977Vickers 764D Viscount HC-BCL SAN 33 near Cuenca   A1
29-DEC-1977Vickers 764D Viscount HC-BEM SAN 24 near Cuenca A1
31-DEC-1977Shorts SC.7 Skyvan 3-200 N64AC Gifford Aviation 0 Toksook Bay, AK A1
24-JUL-1978BN-2A Trislander Mk.III-2 5Y-CMC Amphibians 5 Nyeri Hills   A1
13-OCT-1978DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 N4048B Arctic Guide 1 Barrow, AK A1
12-JUL-1979BN-2A-9 Islander DQ-FBO Fiji Air 9 near Bua   A1
29-AUG-1979DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 C-GROW Bradley Air Services 9 near Frobisher Ba... A1
03-DEC-1979DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 N8061V Evergreen Helicopters 4 near Nome, AK   A1
03-AUG-1980DHC-3 Otter N433GR Yute Air Alaska 2 near Togiak, AK   A1
24-NOV-1980Douglas C-47A (DC-3) HK-1221G Dirección General de Aduanas 20 near Murri A1
26-AUG-1981Vickers 745D Viscount HK-1320 Aeropesca Colombia 50 near Florencia A1
25-AUG-1982Convair CV-440 N477KW National Flight Services, op.for Air Resorts Airlines 0 near Wolf Creek P... A1
29-NOV-1982DHC-6 Twin Otter 310 HK-2536 ACES 22 near Quetame A1
07-APR-1983BN-2A-8 Islander N37MN Munz Northern Airlines 2 Selawik, AK   A1
01-JUN-1984BN-2A-26 Islander G-BDVW Loganair 0 Sanday Airpo... A1
28-JUN-1984Embraer EMB-110C Bandeirante PP-SBC TAM 18 near Rio das Ostr...   A1
09-OCT-1984DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 C-FPPL Nahanni Air Services 7 Fort Frankli...   A1
23-JAN-1985Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante HK-2638 AIRES Colombia 17 near Buga A1
23-JAN-1985DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 HK-1910 ACES 23 Cerro el Pla...   A1
19-JAN-1986Douglas C-47A (DC-3) C-GNNA Austin Airways 0 Sachigo Lake...   A1
12-JUN-1986DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 G-BGPC Loganair 1 near Laphroaig, I... A1
17-MAR-1988Boeing 727-21 HK-1716 Avianca 143 near Cúcuta-Camil... A1
30-NOV-1988DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 5A-DDD Aero Club Libya 14 Hamada al Hamra   A1
15-JAN-1989DHC-3 Otter N11250 Temsco Helicopters 2 near Ketchikan, AK   A1
06-MAY-1989Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante N95PB Southern Express 1 near Columbia-Mau...   A1
03-AUG-1989Shorts 330-200 SX-BGE Olympic Aviation 34 near Samos Airpor... A1
28-OCT-1989DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 N707PV Aloha IslandAir 20 near Hoolehua-Mol...   A1
15-JAN-1990CASA C-212 Aviocar 200 TI-SAB SANSA 23 near San José-Jua...   A1
24-OCT-1990Yakovlev Yak-40S2 CU-T1202 Cubana 11 near Santiago-Ant...   A1
15-MAR-1991Learjet 35A PT-LIH Líder Táxi Aéreo 0 Uberlândia-E... A1
04-JUL-1991DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 HK-2889X Helicol Colombia 3 near El Yopal A1
20-AUG-1991BN-2A-26 Islander N68HA Temsco Helicopters 4 near Ketchikan, AK   A1
08-FEB-1992Lockheed P-2H Neptune N70600 Hawkins & Powers 2 Dixon, WY   A1
30-MAR-1992Antonov An-2 CCCP-55607 Magadan Avia 1 near Magadan   A1
26-OCT-1993Beech 300/F Super King Air N82 FAA 3 Front Royal, VA   A1
09-MAR-1994Swearingen SA226-AT Merlin IV VH-SWP Jetcraft 1 near Tamworth Air... A1
26-APR-1994Cessna 208A Cargomaster PT-OGI Penta 2 near Jacareacanga...   A1
23-JUN-1994DHC-3 Otter N13GA  Wings of Alaska 7 Taku Inlet, AK   A1
25-MAY-1995Douglas DC-3C HK-3213 LACOL Colombia 5 near Miraflores A... A1
01-SEP-1995Shorts SC.7 Skyvan 3-200 N30GA North Star Air Cargo 1 near Farewell, AK   A1
05-APR-1996Dornier 228-212 B-12257 Formosa Airlines 6 near Matsu Airpor...   A1
08-AUG-1996Dassault Falcon 10 D-CBUR Burda Holding 4 near Offenburg Ai... A1
02-JAN-1997Cessna 208B Grand Caravan N802TH Tar Heel Aviation 2 near Edenton Muni...   A1
10-APR-1997Cessna 208B Grand Caravan N408GV Hageland Aviation Services 5 near Wainwright, AK   A1
14-MAY-1998Cessna 208 Caravan I N192AV Baker Aviation 0 near Nome Airport...   A2
08-APR-1999DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 HK-2760 Aerotaca 5 near Málaga Airport A1

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