SIMPSON, LA, USA
N2899G
CESSNA 172L
THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN ALTITUDE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AFTER THE PLT ENCOUNTERD LOW CEILING AND RAIN DURING A X-COUNTRY FLT. IN ATTEMPTING TO FLY IFR AND FOLLOW RADAR VECTORS THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PLT LOST COUNTROL OF HIS ACFT AND SPIRALED INTO THE GROUND. THE NEAREST WEATHER STATION REPORTED 700 FT BROKEN CEILING WITH 5 MILES VISIBILITY IN RAIN. THE PLT DID RECEIVE A WEATHER BRIEFING BUT DID NOT ACTIVATE A FLT PLAN OR CONTACT ANYONE BY RADIO FOR OVER 2 AND A HALF HOURS ENROUTE. WHEN HE MADE CONTACT HE WAS ALREADY LOST AND CIRCLING IN THE RAIN. HE HAD BEEN OBSERVED ON RADAR AS HE CIRCLED NORTH OF FT POLK LA FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. 20 MINUTES AFTER THE FIRST RADIO CONTACT THE PLT REPORTED HE HAD 35 MUNUTES OF FUEL LEFT. 10 MINUTES LATER THE CRASH OCCURRED.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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