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8/19/2019 NTSB Accident Report 15-DEC-2015 St. Mary's Co. Airport

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it

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he m

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fl i

ght sta

rted n

orm a

lly fr

om NAS

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atuxe

nt R iv

er

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inte

nt wa s

to do

a ni

ht

fa

mil ia r

iz ati o

n f li g

h t in

th

e l

ocal a

rea i

nclud

in g n

orma

l take

offs a

nd la

nd ing

s. I felt

w

ell re

sted,

an d w

as

no

t und

er e ff

ects

of

lln

ess, m

edic

ation

, s tre

ss, or

alco

hol. T

he s

tu den

t was

n e w

to n

ight fl

ig h t.

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u ld

no

rm all

y

n

ot

in tro

duce

n ig h

t f l igh

t t ra i

n in g at

th is

sta g

e in the

st

uden

t s tra

ining

but

his w

ork sc

he du

le

m ade

th i s

n ight

th

e o

nly tim

e h

e was

av a

ilable

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re we

re m

ilita ry

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raft o

perat

in g a

t NHK

so w

e

plan

ned

to go

to St.

M ar

y s R

egion

al (2W

6).

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di tio

ns at

2W 6

w ere

cal m

w in d

s and

it

wa

s ve

ry dar

k; the

dark

est I

rec al

l th er

e. We

act

iv ate

d

th

e

strob

es w h

ic h w

ere

very b

right

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s t ud

ent c

orrec

tly en

te re

d dow

nw in

d

f

or

runw

ay 1

1, turn

ed b

ase at

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ed

fina l at

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0 M

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ac q

uired

th

e VAS

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gh ts.

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eld g

lides

lope for

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hile

, the

n

dr i

f ted b

elo w

. I in

struc

te d h

im to

climb

an d

rea c

quire

prop

er po

sition

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d no

t see

a

ny ch

an ge

so I

re m

inded

h im w

e n

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to c

lim b

now a

nd that

th

ere w

ere t

re es

below

.

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t t

h is po

in t I

sta rt

ed f ee

ling

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de d to

tu

rn righ

t, but i

t ap

pe are

d

w

e

were

a l ig

ne d w

ith the

ru

nw ay

c

ente

rline.

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came

un su

re

of our e

xa ct

posit

ion; th

in gs

bec a

me c

onfus

ed an

d lo

st my

ab il

i ty to

d

ete rm

in e

exact

ly w h

ere we

we

re re

lative

to

th

e run

way.

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de nly

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pp ed

o

ut o

f his

co n

dit ion

an d

saw the

ru

nw ay

ah e

ad; it

ap pe

ared

we w

ere le

ve l with

it

s su r

face.

I in te nded

to

perfo rm a wa ve

off

but we im pacted the tree s ah ead. I believ e we could have la nded

s tra

ig ht

ah ead

o n t

he ru

nway

ov er

run w

ere it

no

t

for

a

large

tr e e

am o

ng the

sma

ller o

ne s. I

t hit

the le

ft

win

g an d

sp un

th

e a

ir cra

ft to

t

he le

ft. W

e cam

e to

a s to

p in t

he

grass sh

ort

of the

runw

ay an

d ex

ited the

p

la ne

afte

r sec u

ring fu

e l an

d ele

ctr ica

l pow

er.

I did

not kn

ow

wh

at happ

ened

to ca

use

y p

erform

anc

e to det

er io r

ate li

ke t d

id

on fin

al as

I had nev

er

e

xp er

ience

d th is

co nd

ition

be fo

re.

On Tue

sday

15 D

ec em

be r I

w

ent

to th

e Na

val A

ir Sta

tion M

edic

a l

C

linic

(A via

tion M

edic

in e) t

o see

k adv

ice .

I met

wi th

Doct

or P a

dg ett

w

ho

is a N

avy C

ap ta

in an

d Flig

ht

Su

rgeon

. A ft

e r he

aring

my d

escri

ption

of h

e eve

nt, T

he Do

cto r

thoug

h t it

was m

ost

l ikely

Bla ck

H o le

Syn

dro m

e w h

ich ca

used

a lo s

s o

f

s

pa tia

l orie

nta ti o

n.

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