ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 365836
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| Date: | Saturday 22 December 1990 |
| Time: | 07:55 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna T210N |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | XB-BCR |
| MSN: | 63503 |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-520-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Douglas, AZ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Douglas, AZ (KDUG) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS LOCATED ON SEMI-LEVEL, TYPICAL SONORA DESERT TERRAIN. THE AIRPLANE HAD IMPACTED THE GROUND AT A RIGHT ANGLE 90 DEG TO THE SURFACE. THE PROPELLER INDICATED POWER AND ROTATION AT IMPACT. THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S INVESTIGATORES DETERMINED THE TWO INDIVIDUALS WERE LAST SEEN LEAVING A LOCAL DOUGLAS BOWLING ALLEY AT APRX MIDNIGHT, INTOXICATED, GOING TO AND STAYING AT A BAR UNTIL 0100. THE PILOT'S MUSCLE ETHANOL CONCENTRATION WAS 210 MG/DL. THE AIRPLANE'S VACUUM PUMP HAD BEEN INOPERATIVE FOR THE LAST 2 MONTHS.
Probable Cause: AN INFLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DUE TO THE PILOT'S PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT FROM THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL. A FACTOR WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS AN INOPERATIVE VACUUM SYSTEM.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX91LA053
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 20-Mar-2024 14:30 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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