- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | August 13, 1989 |
Time: | 2125 |
Location: | Janice, Mississippi |
Operator: | Private |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Hattiesburg, MS - Gulfport, MS |
AC Type: | Cessna 177RG |
Registration: | N1976Q |
cn / ln: | 177RG-0376 |
Aboard: | 2 (passengers:1 crew:1) |
Fatalities: | 2 (passengers:1 crew:1) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The aircraft was flying from Hattiesburg to Gulfport. The non-instrument rated pilot lost control of the aircraft after encountering instrument meteorological conditions resulting in the airplane spiraling into the ground in a wooded area. U.S. Representative from Mississippi, Larkin Smith, 45, was killed. |
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