N5299U
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- February 12, 1984Accident
PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, THE PLT WAS TWICE ADVISED THAT THE DESTINATION WX WAS BELOW MOST USERS MINIMUMS. THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PLT THEN DEPARTED DULLES ARPT ON AN IFR FLT PLAN IN IMC. AFTER DEPARTURE, HE DID NOT FOLLOW ASSIGNED HEADINGS, & FOR A PERIOD OF ABOUT 30 MINS, RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WERE LOST. AFTER RADIO CONTACT WAS RE-ESTABLISHED, THE PLT WAS CONTINUOUSLY ADVISED THAT THE WEATHER AT HIS DESTINATION WAS BELOW MINIMUMS. THE PLT SUBSEQUENTLY STATED THAT HE WANTED TO PUT DOWN AT THE FIRST A