Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary CHI93LA056

KOKOMO, IN, USA

Aircraft #1

N9206B

PIPER PA-28-161

Analysis

THE PRIVATE PILOT, WHO WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED, DESCENDED INTO FOG AT HIS DESTINATION AIRPORT WHILE MAKING A VFR APPROACH. PILOT STATED HE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AND THAT WAS THE LAST THING HE REMEMBERED. THE AIRPLANE CRASHED ONE MILE NORTH OF THE DESTINATION AIRPORT.

Probable Cause and Findings

FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL, AND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION OF THE PILOT.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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