ROGERS, AR, USA
N6191R
CESSNA T210F
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 ARPT 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.
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.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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