- Date
- February 8, 1992, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Dixon, WY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N70600Lockheed P2V-7
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920208002249A
- Case key
- 41629
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot-in-command's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions which resulted in a loss of control due to the lack of aircraft attitude indicators and resultant pilot spatial disorientation. A factor which contributed to the accident was the weather condition(s).
Analysis
The flt had departed tucson, AZ, on a special VFR ferry flight to greybull, WY. The airplane was not instrumented for IFR flight. When the flt reported over winslow, it was advised that VFR flt was not recommended northbound from its present position. Surface wx conditions in southcentral wyoming/northwestern Colorado at the time of the accident were consistent with low ceilings, clouds and snow as reported by witnesses and surface wx observations. The witnesses, located near the Dixon arpt, reported hearing a low flying aircraft travelling w to e, and another witness NE of the arpt heard an aircraft 'revving' its engines. Radar data shows the aircraft tracking northbound slightly east of the Dixon arpt, and executing a clockwise 360 deg turn NE of the arpt and in the vicinity of one of the witnesses. The last radar target received placed the aircraft aprx 1 mi nne of the accident site. The aircraft impacted snow covered terrain in a steep nose-down attitude.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70600
- Reported as
- Lockheed P2V-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 148342
- Airframe hours
- 8,401
- Engine
- Wright R-3350-32WA, 3,420 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Hawkins & Powers Aviation, Inc
- Registered owner
- Hawkins & Powers Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Special flight (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · February 7, 1992
- Departed
- DMA · Tucson, AZ
- Destination
- GEY · Greybull, WY
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 39
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 180 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Wind
- 240° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft broken
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RWL, 42 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.