Accident · 2005-03-28
What the record says
- Event date
- 2005-03-28
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172S (N53589)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The flight crews inadvertent encounter with turbulence in clouds while being vectored by ATC while operating in instrument meteorological conditions. A factor in the accident was the ATC personnel's (ARTCC) inadequate weather avoidance assistance.
Source: NTSB case MIA05LA083Flight 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.