On the Record: Beech A36

Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 09:57 PM ET

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The National Transportation Safety Board is sifting through wreckage of two World War II-era aircraft that collided midair during the Wings Over Dallas airshow on Saturday.

Key Takeaways:

The pilot, flying a recently purchased and more complex aircraft in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), became spatially disoriented and lost control, leading to a fatal stall/spin.
Contributing to the accident was deficient air traffic control (ATC) training, which resulted in the controller issuing incorrect "no-gyro" vectors that likely aggravated the pilot's spatial disorientation.