Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary MIA88LA065

Aircraft #1

N5123G

CESSNA 172

Analysis

THE PRIVATE PILOT BECAME SEPARATED FROM THE FORMATION OF 4 AIRCRAFT AND ENTERED AN AREA OF DETERIORATING WEATHER. HE DESCENDED AND ATTEMPTED TO MAINTAIN VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AND STRUCK TREES AND CRASHED. THE PILOT WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED AND DID NOT OBTAIN A WEATHER BRIEFING PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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