Cessna 172L N3853Q

Summary

On 23 June 1998 at about 04:00 local time, a Cessna 172L registered N3853Q, operated by Mohammad R. Darvishian, was involved in an accident near MacClenny, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

23 June 1998 at 04:00

Classification

Accident

Location

MacClenny, Florida, United States

Coordinates

30.2802, -82.1202

Aircraft

Cessna 172L

Registration

N3853Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Mohammad R. Darvishian

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Statesboro → Pompano Beach

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA99FA050

2 people died.

The student pilot's attempted VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, resulting in a subsequent in-flight collision with trees and terrain. Contributing factors were, haze/smoke, the student pilot's failure to obtain a preflight weather briefing, the student pilot's lack of total experience in type operation, and trees.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The student pilot conducted a VFR cross country flight. Neither a flight plan was filed nor was a weather briefing obtained. Visibility of 2 miles in smoke and haze was reported at 1855 and 1955 hours at reporting station 13 miles to the ast of the crash site. The student pilot encountered instrument flight conditions. The airplane collided with tress and terrain fatally injuring the pilot and one passenger. The student pilot had recorded a total of 2 hours of simulated instrument flight time.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.