Every instrument pilot, or pilot who takes off VFR at night in the desert or over water, is potentially subject to somatogravic illusion. [Adobe Stock] Silence. The Citation continued turning ...

Somatogravic illusion (SGI) is a stealthy killer. It reveals itself in seemingly unrelated ways and can sneak up and kill you before you know what happened. Here are some different accident types ...

In a phenomenon known as “somatogravic illusion,” in conditions where the horizon isn’t visible, a pilot can mistake acceleration for a rapid climb and deceleration for tilting forward.

Somatogravic illusion: A significant longitudinal acceleration causes a vestibular illusion that the airplane is pitching up. In response, a pilot may push forward on the control column and ...

Such is the power of the somatogravic illusion. Rapid forward acceleration and sudden nose-up pitch affect the vestibular system in the ear the same way and, in the absence of true visual ...

Investigators believe that somatogravic illusion did not trigger the fatal Flydubai Boeing 737-800 accident sequence at Rostov-on-Don but might have contributed to a ...