ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 35394
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| Date: | Thursday 20 October 1988 |
| Time: | 19:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna T210F |
| Owner/operator: | B & P Aero |
| Registration: | N6191R |
| MSN: | 0091 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1811 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rogers, AR -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Wichita, KS (ICT) |
| (ROG) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PLT WAS ON A VFR FLT FROM WICHITA, KS TO ROGERS, AR. WHILE EN ROUTE, HE CONTACTED TULSA FSS & OBTAINED WX INFO. AT THAT TIME, HE WAS ADZD THAT VFR FLT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED DUE TO PREVAILING IFR WX IN THE AREA OF HIS DESTN. HOWEVER, THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PLT ELECTED TO CONT DESPITE THE WARNING. HE ARRIVED AT THE DESTN AFTER DARK & ATTEMPTED TO LAND. WITNESSES NEAR THE airport HEARD THE ACFT FLY OVER THEIR HOMES, THEN HEARD IT CRASH. A SEARCH WAS INITIATED & IT WAS FOUND APRX 1.5 MI SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE ARPT. INITIAL IMPACT WAS WITH TREES AS THE ACFT WAS ON A HEADING OF 160 DEG. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THE ACFT WAS IN A 50 DEG RIGHT BANK & A STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE WHEN IT CRASHED. IT WAS EXTENSIVELY DMGD DRG IMPACT. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE ACFT WAS FOUND. APRX 21 MI SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT FAYETTEVILLE, AR, THE 1950 WX WAS IN PART: 600' OBSCURED, 1 MI VIS WITH FOG & DRIZZLE, WIND FROM 180 DEG AT 8 KTS. ETHANOL WAS FOUND IN THE PLT'S KIDNEY FLUID & BILE, BUT THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF PSBL DECOMPOSITION OR CONTAMINATION OF THE SAMPLES. CAUSE: CONTINUED FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC) AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL AFTER BECOMING DISORIENTED. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: DARK NIGHT, LOW CEILINGS, FOG, DRIZZLE, OBSCURATION, AND FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO DIVERT TO AN ALTERNATE DESTINATION.
Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001213X27128
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:22 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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