ACCIDENT CASE STUDY 26th Joseph T. Nall Report trap. Perhaps sharing an actual example of such a flight can stress the dire consequences. vertical dive and disintegrated on impact with the ground. At 8:30 a.m. on the morning of November 26, 2011, a pilot, his two college-age daughters, and the younger daughter's boyfriend climbed into a Cirrus SR-20 and took off from Marion, Indiana. The mission: return the older daughter to her college near Chicago. Two hours later and 200 miles northwest, the aircraft exited a low overcast in a near- Accident Case Study: In Too Deep (airsafetyinstitute.org/ACS/intoodeep) provides more insight into the thought process that caused the pilot to wander into this dangerous territory. The video brings to light events leading up to the tragedy as it pieces together the ill-fated flight with actual audio of the pilot's discussions with air traffic control and factual information from the NTSB report. In Too Deep exposes some of the troubling reasons why VFR into IMC accidents are all too common in general aviation. Machteld Smith is an aviation technical writer for the Air Safety Institute. She holds a commercial pilot certificate with multiengine, instrument, and seaplane ratings.http://www.airsafetyinstitute.org/ACS/intoodeep