# Accident 19930218002959A: Amrgen AG5B, Vergennes, VT, February 18, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1993, 15:36 local time
- Place: Vergennes, VT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1677° N, 73.2553° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vergennes, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1677&lon=-73.2553&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1192Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1192Z-1994-01-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American General Acft AG5B (registry code 3990100, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-general-acft-ag5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AG5B
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 155 total, 142 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO93FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93FA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930218002959A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL AFTER FLYING INTO SNOWSHOWER. NOT IFR RATED.  VERTIGO, SPIRAL DIVE TO FROZEN LAKE WERE FACTORS.

## 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 BFO93FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93FA030), Feb 18, 1993: American General AG5B (N1192Z), Vergennes, VT, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: VFR FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE FROM SNOW COVERED TERRAIN AFTER BECOMING SPATIALLY DISORIENTED IN…

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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