Mikoyan Gurevich MIG-15 N151MG

Summary

On 18 September 2002 at about 17:00 local time, a Mikoyan Gurevich MIG-15 registered N151MG was involved in an accident near Whiteville, North Carolina, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

18 September 2002 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Whiteville, North Carolina, United States

Coordinates

34.2178, -78.4397

Aircraft

Mikoyan Gurevich MIG-15

Registration

N151MG

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

N Myrtle Beach → Virginia Beach

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL02LA170

1 person died.

The pilot continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions and experienced spatial disorientation which resulted in a loss of control and the subsequent collision with the ground .

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

After departure, the pilot established radio contact with Washington Center for flight following to Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia. The flight was assigned a cruise altitude of 17,500 feet and was given a squawk code. The pilot had begun to read back the squawk code when radio communication with the airplane was lost. Radar data showed that the airplane's last recorded altitude was 6,900 feet. Attempts to re-establish communications with the airplane failed. According to the recorded weather at the time of the accident cloud layers extended from 2,800 feet to 9,000 feet. The cloud tops were not reported. The remaining circumstances of the flight are not known. When the airplane failed to reach the destination airport, a search was initiated, and the airplane wreckage was located several hours later in a wooded area. Examination of the airplane did not disclose any mechanical problems.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.