Navion G accident near Gabbs, NV
On July 23, 1997, a Navion G (airplane) was involved in an accident near Gabbs, NV. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 23, 1997
- Place
- Gabbs, NV
- Aircraft
- Navion G · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.800°N, 118.111°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X08414
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On July 23, 1997, at an undetermined time after 0825 hours Pacific daylight time, a Navion G, N2429T, owned and operated by the pilot, experienced an in-flight structural failure and crashed about 25 nautical miles (nmi) southeast of Gabbs, Nevada. Between 0800 and 0850, multiple cloud layers and rain showers existed in the vicinity of the accident site over the unpopulated, high desert terrain. The airplane was destroyed, and the non-instrument rated private pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The flight originated about 0655 from the Reid-Hillview Airport in San Jose, California. The pilot's intended destination was the Bob Wiley Field in Winner, South Dakota. The pilot's wife provided the National Transportation Safety Board with a copy of her husband's computerized flight plan log sheet. The pilot did not file his flight plan with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The log sheet indicated that upon departure the pilot planed to initially fly along a magnetic course of 047 degrees for 167 nmi until reaching the Hawthorne Airport, Hawthorne, Nevada. The pilot then planned to proceed on a course of 042 degrees for the next 200 nmi. The projected ground speed for the first two legs of flight was 187 knots. All of the flight legs were indicated as direct routes. No airways were listed. After takeoff, the pilot requested and received radar flight following service from the FAA's Oakland, California Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC). The FAA reported that the airplane's transponder signal was received intermittently. The FAA was not able
Probable cause
The pilot's attempted visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions which resulted in his spatial disorientation and a loss of airplane control. A contributing factor was his overconfidence in his personal ability.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
