ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 290190
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| Date: | Saturday 16 February 2013 |
| Time: | 18:02 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172 |
| Owner/operator: | Shannon Lee Greene |
| Registration: | N6199E |
| MSN: | 46299 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1834 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-300 SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Akron, Colorado -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Akron-Washington County Airport, CO (AKO/KAKO) |
| Akron, CO | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A law enforcement officer observed the airplane in the airport traffic pattern just after sunset. The officer continued to monitor the movements of the airplane as it flew around the airport and returned to land. After losing sight of the airplane for a moment, the officer observed the airplane in a nose-down attitude on the runway and on fire. According to the pilot's initial statement, he was flying the final leg of the traffic pattern when the airplane stalled about 10 feet above the runway. The airplane impacted the runway and then caught fire. In a subsequent statement provided by the pilot, he stated that at 10 feet above the ground everything was normal but then the airplane suddenly nosed down and crashed. Such an abrupt loss of altitude is consistent with an aerodynamic stall. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
The pilot was taken to the local sheriff's office where he underwent a breath alcohol test. The reported value was .078 grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath. Federal Aviation Administration regulations prohibit any person from acting or attempting to act as a crewmember of a civil aircraft while having 0.040 grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath. The level of ethanol measured in this case would have significantly impaired the pilot's performance.
Probable Cause: The pilot's physical impairment due to alcohol intoxication, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall during landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN13LA166
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Oct-2022 11:56 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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