Cessna 172L N2899G

Summary

On 27 November 1983 at about 01:00 local time, a Cessna 172L registered N2899G was involved in an accident near Simpson, Louisiana, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 November 1983 at 01:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Simpson, Louisiana, United States

Coordinates

31.2509, -93.0094

Aircraft

Cessna 172L

Registration

N2899G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

College Station → Oakdale

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

FTW84FA077

4 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN ALTITUDE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AFTER THE PLT ENCOUNTERD LOW CEILING AND RAIN DURING A X-COUNTRY FLT. IN ATTEMPTING TO FLY IFR AND FOLLOW RADAR VECTORS THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PLT LOST COUNTROL OF HIS ACFT AND SPIRALED INTO THE GROUND. THE NEAREST WEATHER STATION REPORTED 700 FT BROKEN CEILING WITH 5 MILES VISIBILITY IN RAIN. THE PLT DID RECEIVE A WEATHER BRIEFING BUT DID NOT ACTIVATE A FLT PLAN OR CONTACT ANYONE BY RADIO FOR OVER 2 AND A HALF HOURS ENROUTE. WHEN HE MADE CONTACT HE WAS ALREADY LOST AND CIRCLING IN THE RAIN. HE HAD BEEN OBSERVED ON RADAR AS HE CIRCLED NORTH OF FT POLK LA FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. 20 MINUTES AFTER THE FIRST RADIO CONTACT THE PLT REPORTED HE HAD 35 MUNUTES OF FUEL LEFT. 10 MINUTES LATER THE CRASH OCCURRED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.