# Accident 20010407007159A: Cessna 190, Lurton, AR, April 7, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2001, 13:40 local time
- Place: Lurton, AR
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 35.7525° N, 93.1036° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7525&lon=-93.1036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1055D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1055D-2016-08-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 190 (registry code 2072902, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-190) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 190
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01FA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01FA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010407007159A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON ARPIL 7, 2001, APPROXIMATELY 1340CDT, A CESSNA 190 SINGLE-ENGINE, TAIL WHEEL-EQUIPED AIRPLANE, N1055D, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN NEAR LURTON, ARKANSAS. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL.  THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.  INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT.  THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE COOK AIRFIELD, DERBY KANSAS, APPROXIMATELY 1100, AND WAS DESTINED FOR LAKELAND, FLORIDA.  THE VFR FLIGHT PLAN LISTED TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI, AS AN INTERMEDIATE FUEL STOP.

## 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 FTW01FA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01FA095), Apr 7, 2001: Cessna 190 (N1055D), Lurton, AR, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's continued VFR flight into IMC, which resulted in spatial disorientation and the ensuing loss of aircraft control while in cruise flight. Contributory factors were the haze and fog weather…

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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