RV10 - aircraft down - Final Report - N54MG

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RV10 - aircraft down - Final Report - N54MG

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well, the NTSB does not believe cannabis was the root cause of this accident, but rather spatial disorientation. a busy area, close to controlled airspace, low clouds, no instrument rating ... makes you wonder why he continued into that for sightseeing.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
The pilot’s improper decision to continue a visual flight rules flight into an area of limited visibility conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a loss of airplane control.

Autopsy of the pilot revealed a dilated, enlarged heart; however, it is unlikely that the pilot’s heart disease contributed to the accident. Although toxicology testing indicated that the pilot had used the cannabis products delta-9 THC and cannabidiol, no detectable psychoactive cannabinoids remained in the pilot’s postmortem blood, and it is therefore unlikely that effects of his cannabis use contributed to the accident.

https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/ ... 105050/pdf

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