Spatial disorientation is the inability to determine position or relative motion, commonly occurring during periods of challenging visibility, since vision...

pilot spatial disorientation Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363: A 737 that crashed before landing in Russia as a result of pilot spatial disorientation John...

The leans is the most common type of spatial disorientation for aviators. Through stabilization of the fluid in the semicircular canals, a pilot may perceive...

Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded that Kennedy fell victim to spatial disorientation while descending over water at night and lost control of his plane...

of the most famous cases of an aircraft mishap from this form of spatial disorientation are the 1963 crash that killed singer Patsy Cline near Camden, Tennessee...

failed attempt to land on Runway 12. The flight crew suffered from spatial disorientation during the go-around and crashed into the shallow waters of the...

visual reference to the ground can lead to a phenomenon known as spatial disorientation, which can cause the pilot to misperceive the angle, altitude, and...

accident to pilot error, finding that the first officer experienced spatial disorientation and inadvertently placed the aircraft in an unrecoverable dive,...

instrument displays. The crew's subsequent response resulted in spatial disorientation, leading to the loss of control of the aircraft. Both crew members...

into thick clouds, contrary to VFR requirements; the resulting spatial disorientation and loss of control led to the crash. Cited likely contributing...

visibility and lost his visual reference with the ground. This induced spatial disorientation, and eventually led to a graveyard spiral with the aircraft entering...

Topographical disorientation is the inability to find one's way through an environment due to cognitive impairment. Topographical disorientation has been studied...

but may present serious risks of injury through falling or other spatial disorientation-induced accidents. When untreated, it might resolve in days to months;...

may occur in actual or simulated IMC, when the pilot experiences spatial disorientation and loses awareness of the aircraft's attitude. The pilot loses...

situation that has resulted in many accidents, as pilots may succumb to spatial disorientation, leading to loss of control or controlled flight into terrain. Statistics...

rapid rate. The accident report attributed the cause to the pilot's spatial disorientation. On 19 May 2020, a USAF F-35A (tail number 12-5053) from the 58th...

airplane during a descent over water at night, which was a result of spatial disorientation. Factors in the accident were haze and the dark night." After a...

board. The cause of this disaster is disputed, but suggested to be spatial disorientation on the part of the flight crew. Type of aircraft: Boeing 737-300...

due to unexpected change in weather conditions", which "led to spatial disorientation of the pilot resulting in Controlled Flight into Terrain". The court...

determined that the cause of the accident was the pilots suffering spatial disorientation that led to a loss of control. Flight 125 departed Don Mueang International...

airplane during a descent over water at night, which was a result of spatial disorientation." Later that evening, the bodies were autopsied at the county medical...

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) attributed the accident to spatial disorientation, pilot distraction, and the pilot's failure to maintain the climb;...

In cognitive psychology and neuroscience, spatial memory is a form of memory responsible for the recording and recovery of information needed to plan...

crash was later determined to be a loss of aircraft control due to spatial disorientation. On January 22, 2009, a Cape Air 402C with six passengers aboard...

climbout, the pilots were confused about which heading to follow. Spatial disorientation was also believed to be a factor in the crash. The aircraft operating...

crashed during a training flight. The pilot, who suffered from spatial disorientation, died in the accident. On 24 September 2009, after unarmed test...

"The pilot's spatial disorientation, which resulted in his loss of airplane control. Contributing to the pilot's spatial disorientation was the sequence...

postural-perceptual dizziness Seasickness Spatial disorientation The spins, a state of dizziness and disorientation due to intoxication Vertigo Dizziness...

the flight profile was consistent with a spiral dive caused by spatial disorientation, and the pilot's lack of experience flying at night and in instrument...

of Flight 663 to avoid the oncoming Pan Am jet caused spatial disorientation. The disorientation, coupled with the extreme maneuver, made it impossible...