ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208519
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| Date: | Wednesday 28 March 2018 |
| Time: | 12:23 |
| Type: |  Cessna R182 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3167C |
| MSN: | R18200247 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2699 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | St. Clair County, near Ashville, AL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Gadsden-Northeast Alabama Regional Airport, AL (GAD/KGAD) |
| New Orleans-Louis Armstrong International Airport, LA (MSY/KMSY) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot departed on a day visual flight rules cross-country flight. About 7 miles from the departure airport, he contacted air traffic control (ATC) and requested flight following services, stating that he was climbing from 700 ft mean sea level (msl) (about 131 ft above ground level) to 2,500 ft msl. The controller issued the pilot a discrete transponder code and the pilot acknowledged; however, there were no further communications with the pilot. The pilot was reported missing by family members when he did not arrive at his destination, and the wreckage was located 2 days later in heavily-wooded, level terrain.
Postaccident examination of the engine revealed no evidence of any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Toxicology testing identified tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and its primary metabolite in liver, kidney, and lung specimens. While this indicated that the pilot had used marijuana at some point before the flight, without results from a blood specimen, it could not be determined when he used it or whether it may have had impairing effects at the time of the accident. A coworker of the pilot stated that he and the pilot were working into the early morning on the day of the accident and he believed the pilot did not have much, if any, sleep before departing on the accident flight.
The pilot's communications with ATC suggest that the flight up to that point had been routine, and the reason for the airplane's descent and impact with terrain could not be determined. Additionally, there was insufficient evidence to determine whether fatigue, impairment, or incapacitation may have contributed to the accident.
Probable Cause: Descent and impact with terrain for reasons that could not be determined.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Mar-2018 19:31 | harro | Added |
| 31-Mar-2018 19:56 | Geno | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 31-Mar-2018 20:52 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2018 17:12 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Source, Embed code] |
| 12-Jan-2019 16:15 | BEAVERSPOTTER | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Departure airport] |
| 22-Dec-2019 14:14 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 22-Dec-2019 14:41 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Photo] |
| 22-Dec-2019 14:41 | harro | Updated [Embed code] |
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