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Night VFR… An Oxymoron?

Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons · Journal article (JAAER) · oai:commons.erau.edu:jaaer-1237 · Published 1999-01-01 · Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University · 1 author

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Abstract

A primary lesson that I was taught aircraft life sciences mishap investigation training was to resist jumping to a solution until the evidence took me to a solution. Several plausible scenarios could explain JFK Jr.'s mishap. This writing should not be construed in any way to suggest a solution to this mishap; the solution will only be possible after the physical evidence (wreckage) is collected and analyzed by trained mishap investigators. Rather, this is a technical explanation of how Spatial Disorientation, as one possible cause of this mishap, can occur.

Author

  • Leland, Richard A Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Citation

Leland, Richard A (1999). Night VFR… An Oxymoron?. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons ID oai:commons.erau.edu:jaaer-1237. https://commons.erau.edu/jaaer/vol9/iss1/3 ↗