Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary ATL84LA207

PARSONS, WV, USA

Aircraft #1

N704SK

CESSNA 150M

Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A TREE AND CRASHED AFTER BECOMING LOST IN IMC WEATHER DURING A NIGHT X-COUNTRY. THE PLT HAD DESCENDED AFTER SEEING LIGHTS BELOW HIM. HE CIRCLED THE TOWN AND MADE A TURN TO APPROACH A ROAD FOR LANDING ON WHICH HE SAID THE POLICE HAD PLACED LIGHTS FOR HIM. DURING THE TURN THE ACFT HIT A TREE AND CRASHED.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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