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NTSB investigation record

MIA96LA106

Completed

Enstrom F-28C· N56874

Date
March 26, 1996
Location
Defuniak Spring, FL
Conditions
IMC
Record
Completed

Primary finding

Probable cause

The pilot's inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and inadvertent descent, due to spatial disorientation, which resulted in a collision with trees. Factors relating to the accident were: the adverse weather conditions and the pilot's lack of instrument experience.

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