Crash location | Unknown |
Nearest city | Junction, TX
30.489355°N, 99.772011°W |
Tail number | N8785V |
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Accident date | 17 Apr 1989 |
Aircraft type | Bellanca 17-30A |
Additional details: | None |
CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC) BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND HIS SELF-INDUCED PRESSURE WERE FACTORS.