Cases › CHI01MA011 · Major investigation · Class 1
Cessna 335Roger Carnahan
HILLSBORO, MO, USA · 2000-10-17·N8354N
3
fatal
0
serious
Fatal
highest injury
Destroyed
damage
AnalyseThe analystOne timeline · precedents · ask the docket · what the record saysGenerateInvestigation briefFacts, cause, recorder extremes, sequence, sourcesSourceNTSB docket296 documents on data.ntsb.gov
What happened
NTSB summary, verbatimThe board's full report is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/Publictn/publictn.htm
Photographs
247the aircraft, and what the investigators foundWreckage and site documentation · 247 photographs from the docket
Photographs are NTSB docket attachments — works of the US government, in the public domain. Captions are the Board’s own.
Probable cause
the Board's determinationThe 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.
NTSB analysis
from the final reportThe board's full report is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/Publictn/publictn.htm