- Date
- January 28, 1992, 19:06 local (Jan 29, 1992, 00:06 UTC)
- Place
- Moore Haven, FL
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2211XCessna 337
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920128001379A
- Case key
- 32978
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's in flight loss of control due to spatial disorientation. Contributing to the accident was the pilot-in-command's lack of total experience in night flight, and the lack of natural horizon or surface reference while flying over a sparsely populated area on a dark night.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The non instrument rated pilot-in-command departed on a VFR flight. The PIC requested and received ATC clearance through the arsa. No further radio communication was established with the PIC. The destroyed airplane was located two days after the accident. Personnel located in the vicinity of the crash site and the destination airport reported low ceilings with overcast skies, no moon, light fog, and drizzle. Review of FAA records indicated the PIC had a total of 200.1 hours of which 13 were night and 4.7 hours were hooded or instrument flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2211X
- Reported as
- Cessna 337
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 337-0111
- Airframe hours
- 3,761
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-C, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- George W. Walker
- Registered owner
- George W. Walker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 8, 1991 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- PBI · West Palm Beach, FL
- Destination
- X-06 · Arcadia, FL
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 151 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 60 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.