Crash location | Unknown |
Nearest city | Tuckahoe, NJ
39.290115°N, 74.753775°W |
Tail number | N3847S |
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Accident date | 04 Sep 1992 |
Aircraft type | Cessna 172E |
Additional details: | None |
VFR FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE LIGHT CONDITIONS AT DUSK (OR DARKNESS), AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF INSTRUMENT EXPERIENCE.