Search Mishaps
Defining event: VFR encounter with IMC · final reports · 2008+ · NTSB-investigated
Clear- spatial disorientation 77
- vfr imc 66
- loc 49
- cfit 49
- organizational oversight 12
- approach landing 12
- takeoff ops 10
- fatigue impairment 7
- regulatory noncompliance 5
- engine power loss 2
- SOCATA TB20N654GT
2009-08-27 · Pavo, GA
- NOLES VANCE L VANS RV7AN774US
2009-07-08 · Sanderson, FL
- AGUSTA SPA A109EN606SP
2009-06-10 · Santa Fe, NM · SAF
approach landing · fatigue impairment
2009-06-07 · Humbird, WI
loc · spatial disorientation · vfr imc
- MAULE M-4-220CN2007U
2009-04-01 · Hungry Horse, MT · GPI · cruise
spatial disorientation
2009-03-09 · Golden, NM · 1N1
fatigue impairment
- PIPER PA-34-200TN8047C
2009-01-30 · Huntington, WV · HTS · approach
cfit · spatial disorientation
- AIR TRACTOR INC AT-602N5013C
2009-01-02 · Philadelphia, MS
- CESSNA 182MN71276
2008-11-11 · Basalt, CO · cruise
loc
- ROBINSON R22N943MH
2008-10-16 · Dryden, NY · cruise
cfit
2008-09-09 · Ridgely, MD · RJD
approach landing · cfit
- PIPER PA-24-250N5476P
2008-08-24 · Yuma, CO · 2V6 · approach
loc
- CESSNA 182N9350X
2008-08-10 · Juneau, AK
cfit
2008-02-06 · S. Padre Island, TX · maneuvering
- CESSNA 340AN354TJ
2008-02-02 · Cabazon, CA
- AVIAT A1N96WJ
2025-10-04 · Evanston, WY · EVW
- CESSNA 208N40EA
2025-02-14 · Pierson, FL
- RANS S19N519JR
2024-08-26 · Crofton, NE · enroute-cruise
- PIPER PA-28-140N9626K
2024-08-26 · Wayne, NE
- CESSNA 182KN2764Q
2024-08-08 · Augusta, MT
- PIPER PA-28-180N903US
2024-07-31 · Irene, SD
- CESSNA 182N2198G
2024-07-08 · Rutherfordton, NC
- AIR TRACTOR INC AT-802AN331BS
2024-06-21 · Capitan, NM · maneuvering
2024-05-19 · Bandera, WA
- TAYLORCRAFT BC12-DN95744
2024-05-17 · Nondalton, AK