ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 42385
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Date: | Saturday 25 December 1993 |
Time: | 12:00 |
Type: | Piel CP-305 Emeraude |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N447TB |
MSN: | 1169 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Morrison, TN -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:A non-certified pilot decided to take a passenger for an airplane ride. Shortly after takeoff, a snowstorm moved into the area. Witnesses stated that after a go-around, the pilot was attempting to land, when the airplane disappeared into clouds. The airplane wreckage was found approximately 1/2 mile from the airstrip on the following day. The pilot had been issued a student pilot certificate in December 1982. No other flight experience was officially recorded. Cause: The pilot's inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and failure to maintain aircraft control after becoming spatially disoriented. Factors related to the accident were: The adverse weather conditions, and the pilot's improper weather evaluation and lack of instrument experience.
Sources:
NTSB:
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001211X13822 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
15-Jan-2015 11:14 |
Alpine Flight |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
21-Dec-2016 19:24 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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