ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 131848
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| Date: | Saturday 5 June 1999 |
| Time: | 12:48 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Chapel Hill Flying Club |
| Registration: | N68762 |
| MSN: | 15282362 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7004 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Chapel Hill, NC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | (KIGX) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated to an FAA inspector after the accident that he did not remember anything about the accident. A flight instructor in another airplane saw the accident airplane approach the runway at a high altitude. The next time he saw it, it was over trees at the departure end of the runway, in a nose high attitude, moving very slowly, on the edge of a stall. The accident airplane then yawed sharply to the left, and entered a nose down, near vertical descent, disappearing into the trees. Postcrash toxicology tests were positive for .247 ug/ml marijuana in urine and .027 ug/ml marijuana in serum. Postcrash examination of the airplane's structure, flight controls, and engine by an FAA inspector showed no evidence of precrash failure or malfunction.
Probable Cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed resulting in the airplane stalling and entering a spin. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's impairment by marijuana.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA99LA163
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 14-Dec-2017 08:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2024 05:40 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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