ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 35444
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| Date: | Wednesday 18 May 1988 |
| Time: | 18:45 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172P |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | N212FR |
| MSN: | 17275238 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4220 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-D2J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Le Flore, OK -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Talihina, OK (6F1) |
| Poteau, OK (RKR) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE ACFT WAS BEING USED TO FLY OVER A WOODED AREA & SPOT CATTLE FOR PSNL ON THE GROUND. AFTER SPOTTING CATTLE FOR ABOUT 2 HRS, THE PLT WAS FLYING AT LOW ALT WHEN THE ACFT SUDDENLY ROLLED INTO A STEEP BANK, THEN THE NOSE DROPPED & THE ACFT CRASHED IN A STEEP DSCNT. A WITNESS RPRTD THE ENG REVVED UP JUST BEFORE IMPACT. SEVERAL TREE BRANCHES WERE FOUND AT THE CRASH SITE THAT HAD BEEN SMOOTHLY SEVERED BY THE PROP. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND. DRG TOXICOLOGY STUDIES OF THE OCCUPANTS, LOW LVLS OF COCAINE & MARIJUANA WERE DETECTED. TESTS OF THE PLT'S URINE SHOWED A MARIJUANA METABOLITE LEVEL OF 79 NG/ML & A COCAINE LVL OF 0.13 MCG/ML. HIS BLOOD HAD A CARBOXY-THC LVL OF 12 NG/ML. TESTS OF THE PAX'S URINE SHOWED A MARIJUANA METABOLITE LEVEL OF 56 NG/ML & A COCAINE LEVEL OF 0.2 MCG/ML. CAUSE:
Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001213X25690
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:22 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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