ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 41706
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Date: | Saturday 20 February 1982 |
Time: | 00:04 |
Type: | Cessna 182Q Skylane |
Owner/operator: | Earl M Daniels |
Registration: | N759QR |
MSN: | 18266179 |
Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
Total airframe hrs: | 450 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-470U |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Fort Sumner, NM -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Fort Sumner, NM |
Destination airport: | Fort Sumner, NM |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PLANE CRASHED AND BURNED ON A DARK MOONLESS NIGHT AFTER IMPACTING IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE. THE CRASH SITE WAS LOCATED NEAR THE HOME OF THE PILOT'S FRIEND WHERE THE PILOT HAD VISITED EARLIER IN THE EVENING. AFTER IMPACTING IN SOFT, LEVEL, SANDY SOIL, THE MAIN WRECKAGE BOUNCED AND CAME TO REST ABOUT 162 FT FROM THE IMPACT POINT. EXCEPT FOR THE ENGINE, EMPENNAGE, AND PORTIONS OF THE WINGS, THE AIRCRAFT HAD DISINTEGRATED. A TOXICALOGY CHECK OF THE PILOT'S BLOOD INDICATED A BLOOD/ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 135 MG PERCENT. ALTHOUGH THE SKY WAS CLEAR, ANOTHER PILOT REPORTED A LACK OF REFERENCES TO THE HORIZON FROM HIS POSITION ON THE FT SUMNER AIRPORT WHEN HE SAW THE PLANE DEPART. CAUSE:
Sources:
NTSB:
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20020917X02126 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:24 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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