Socata TBM-900 crash, Feb 1, 2016 (2 killed), Florianópol...
Socata TBM-900 accident on February 1, 2016 near Florianópolis-Hercílio Luz, Santa Catarina, Brazil with 2 fatalities. Cause: CENIPA (as summarized in...
- Date: February 1, 2016
- Aircraft: Socata TBM-900
- Location: Florianópolis-Hercílio Luz, Santa Catarina, Brazil
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: CENIPA (as summarized in the input record): spatial disorientation was the main hypothesis, given night flight over the sea within clouds and manual operation, with possible visual illusions and the pilot's workload and language familiarity as undetermined factors.
On 1 February 2016 a Socata TBM 900 (PP LIG) departed Florianopolis Hercilio Luz Airport before dawn on a private flight to Ji Parana with a pilot and one passenger. While climbing at night at about 3,600 ft the aircraft turned right, completed a 360 degree turn and crashed into the sea off Campeche Island. Both occupants were killed, and the CENIPA report treated spatial disorientation as the main hypothesis.