2021 plane crash caused by “loss of control,” according to NTSB

November 14, 2023 11:31 AM

Published November 14, 2023 11:53 AM

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says the plane crash that claimed the life of a Yuma doctor, along with one other person, was caused by "loss of control" by the pilot due to "spatial disorientation."

The crash happened in October of 2021 in a neighborhood in Santee, California.

64-year-old Yuma Doctor Sugata Das was the pilot on the aircraft, who was attempting to come in for a landing at Montgomery Field.

The crash killed the pilot, along with a UPS driver who was on the ground.

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