Spatial Disorientation Cited in Cessna 310R Accident Near Jacksonville Executive

Credit: NTSB
Sooner or later all pilots experience bouts of spatial disorientation. The episode can last a second or two, or can persist long enough to present real problems up to and including the loss of the aircraft and all on board. An old friend — long retired — told me of piloting a U.S. Air Force C-54...

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