Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Hillsboro, Missouri 63050
Monday, October 16, 2000 19:33 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The board's full report is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/Publictn/publictn.htm

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The pilot's failure to control the airplane while maneuvering because of spatial disorientation. Contributing to the accident were the failure of the airplane's primary attitude indicator and the adverse weather conditions, including turbulence.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 10/16/2000
Event Day of the Week Monday
Time of Event 1933
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City HILLSBORO
Event State MISSOURI
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 63050
Event Date Year 2000
Event Date Month 10
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude --
Event Location Longitude --
Event Location Airport --
Event Location Nearest Airport ID --
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness Full
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1946 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 350
Weather Observation Facility ID SUS
Elevation of weather observation facility 461
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 17
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Night
Lowest Ceiling Height 800
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Unknown
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 2
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 14
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 14
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 40
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 11
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) 763
Intensity of Precipitation Light
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Fatal
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal 3
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 3
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 11864
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date Oct 16 2000 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 2143
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information IMAGE
Date of most recent change to record Jun 5 2002 9:18AM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\JOHB
Basic weather conditions Instrument Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N8354N
NTSB Number CHI01MA011
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? Yes
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion Ground
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Cessna
Aircraft Model 335
Aircraft Series Identifier 335
Aircraft Serial Number 335-0063
Certified Max Gross Weight 5990
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 6
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Aug 21 2000 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours 2257
ELT Installed Unknown
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Carnahan, Carnahan & Hickle LLC
Aircraft Owner Street Address P.O. Box 698
Aircraft Owner City Rolla
Aircraft Owner State MO
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 65402
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name Roger Carnahan
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 13750 County Road 4030
Operator City Rolla
Operator State MO
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 65401
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Business
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code CPS
Departure City CAHOKIA
Departure State IL
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1915
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code EIW
Destination City NEW MADRID
Destination State MO
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Cruise
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Jun 4 2002 9:11AM
User who most recently changed record SULP
Since inspection or accident Last Inspection
Event Location Runway Number and Location --
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --