# Accident 19910725029849A: Star CAVALIER, Mcalester, OK, July 25, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 1991, 12:00 local time
- Place: Mcalester, OK
- Airport: Mcalester Regionall Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9207° N, 95.7594° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9207&lon=-95.7594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N413P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N413P-1992-01-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grimm CAVALIER SA 102.5 (registry code 05613A2, https://openairdocs.org/model/grimm-cavalier-sa-102-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STAR CAVALIER
- Reported engine: LYC O290D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 553 total, 8 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW91DPJ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91DPJ03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910725029849A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

CRASHED INTO TREES EN ROUTE. VFR PILOT IFR WEATHER. LOW CEILING, RAIN, AND FOG.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW91DPJ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91DPJ03), Jul 25, 1991: Grimm Cavalier SA102.5 (N413P), Mcalester, OK, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S ATTEMPTED FLIGHT INTO IMC AND HIS SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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