ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 364424
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Date: | Friday 4 October 1991 |
Time: | 19:00 LT |
Type: | Cessna 172 |
Owner/operator: | Turner Avn Co. Inc. |
Registration: | N2065E |
MSN: | 17271140 |
Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4210 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-H2AD |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Auburn, ME -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Turner, ME (3B5) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE AIRPLANE WAS SEEN FLYING ABOUT 50 FEET ABOVE THE WATER.THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE PITCHED UP AND THEN STALLED, RESULTING THE AIRPLANE IMPACTING INTO THE WATER. THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN AND A POLICE OFFICER SAID THEY SMELLED ALCOHOL ON THE STUDENT PILOT'S BREATH AT THE HOSPITAL AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT REFUSED A DRUG ALCOHOL TEST.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT WAS BUZZING AND STALLED THE AIRPLANE AT TOO LOW AN ALTITUDE TO RECOVER.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC92LA001 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 6 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB NYC92LA001
Revision history:
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