ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 146748
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| Date: | Saturday 14 July 2012 |
| Time: | 11:30 |
| Type: |  Cirrus SR22 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N86AA |
| MSN: | 1131 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 589 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-550 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sevier County, near Salina, UT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Concord, CA (CCR) |
| Aspen, CO (ASE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The noninstrument-rated pilot departed on a visual flight rules (VFR) cross-county flight. Recorded radar data indicated that the airplane was in level flight at 13,300 feet mean sea level (msl) during about the last 30 minutes of the flight. The last 2 minutes of the radar data showed the airplane making a slow climbing turn to an altitude of 14,200 feet msl. The last radar returns showed the airplane making a sharper left turn at 13,500 feet msl before radar contact was lost. The accident site was located 1.5 nautical miles southeast of the last radar return at an elevation of 7,928 feet msl. Examination of the accident site revealed that the airplane collided with trees and mountainous terrain in a steep nose-down attitude. A postaccident examination of the airframe and engine revealed no evidence of preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
It could not be determined if the pilot obtained a weather briefing for the flight. The most recent pilot report before the accident indicated cloud bases at 9,000 feet in the accident area. Weather returns depicted light-intensity echoes over the route of flight consistent with reduced visibility in light rain and extensive vertically developed clouds. Therefore, although weather conditions at the departure and destination airports were VFR, available weather information indicates that the accident airplane likely encountered instrument meteorological and mountain obscuration conditions en route. Given the weather conditions in the area and the altitude and course changes made in the few minutes before the accident, it is likely that the pilot became spatially disorientated and subsequently lost airplane control.
Probable Cause: The noninstrument-rated pilot’s continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a subsequent loss of airplane control.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N86AA
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jul-2012 05:22 | gerard57 | Added |
| 16-Jul-2012 09:29 | Geno | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage] |
| 03-Aug-2012 15:28 | Geno | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2012 01:54 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 20:54 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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