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 ...

This particular type of spatial disorientation is known as somatogravic illusion. The family left behind a 10-year-old daughter. Report_ERA23FA079_106409_2_18_2025 8_47_07 AM by Melissa R.

Perceiving acceleration as tilt is the well-known somatogravic effect [Mach1875, Clark1951]. Sustained linear acceleration together with gravity creates a single gravito-inertial force (GIF). Under ...

AAIB Map showing the flightpath of EI-HET on the 4th December 2023 They also noted that a sensation called “Somatogravic illusion” may also have been a factor which meant that the pilots are likely to ...

The model has been verified in rare mishaps where surviving aircrew have verified predicted perceptions and provided probable causation of several air transport mishaps for NTSB investigations ...

On May 29, 2021 the pilot flying a Cessna Citation I CE-501 (N66BK) lost control of the aircraft because of a type of spatial disorientation called somatogravic illusion and crashed into Lake Percy ...

The maneuvering is consistent with a type of spatial disorientation called somatogravic illusion, and it likely caused the pilot to perceive that the airplane was pitching up even though it was ...

"This type of maneuvering was consistent with the onset of a type of spatial disorientation known as somatogravic illusion." Related At least 68 die in Nepali airplane crash 1 dead, 1 hospitalized ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A small plane crash in Tennessee that killed weight-loss guru Gwen Shamblin Lara and six others likely happened when her husband piloting the plane — actor Joe Lara ...

The maneuvering is consistent with a type of spatial disorientation called somatogravic illusion, and it likely caused the pilot to perceive that the airplane was pitching up even though it was ...