- Date
- April 22, 1992, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Monteverde, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4904ENavion NAV-A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920422010569A
- Case key
- 32984
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadvertent flight into IMC conditions and subsequent loss of control of the airplane in flight.
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 noninstrument-rated private pilot attempted a VFR flight and encountered IMC conditions en route. He lost control of the airplane and crashed into a lake.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4904E
- Reported as
- Navion NAV-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- NAV A 983
- Engine
- Continental E-185-3, 185 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harold J. Ainsley
- Registered owner
- Harold J. Ainsley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- GIF · Winterhaven, FL
- Destination
- SFB · Sanford, 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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCO, 19 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.