ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 370762
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| Date: | Thursday 7 July 1988 |
| Time: | 00:32 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6187D |
| MSN: | 17272621 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 693 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-H2AO |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Middletown, IN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Anderson, IN (KAID) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING A FLT AT NIGHT, THE ACFT IMPACTED THE TERRAIN, WHILE IN A NEAR VERTICAL DESCENT AT HIGH SPEED. VMC PREVAILED THRU-OUT THE AREA, THE SKY WAS CLEAR, & THE PLT WAS INSTRUMENT RATED. AN EXAM OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED NO PREIMPACT MECHANICAL DEFECTS WITH EITHER THE ACFT OR THE ENG; HOWEVER, THE ACFT WAS EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED. WHEN NOTIFIED OF THE ACCIDENT, THE PLT'S WIFE STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN DEPRESSED. A TOXICOLOGY CHECK OF THE PLT'S LIVER TISSUE SHOWED THE PRESENCE OF ETHANOL WITH A CONCENTRATION OF 0.114%; HOWEVER, THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT PART OF THE ETHANOL MAY HAVE BEEN PRODUCED POST MORTEM.
Probable Cause: ATTEMPTED OPERATION OF THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE BY THE PIC WHEN HE WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI88FA160
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| 6 July 1988 | N6187D | private | 1 | Middletown, IN | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 25-Mar-2024 14:39 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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