Accident · 1998-01-03

NTSB case FTW98FA086 · Piper PA-38-112 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1998-01-03
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Piper PA-38-112 (N23371)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: US AVIATION GROUP LLC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): U.S. AVIATION

Probable cause

The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, becoming spatially disoriented and his subsequent loss of aircraft control. Factors were the dark night and weather conditions that included obscuration and snow.

Source: NTSB case FTW98FA086

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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