ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 220304
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| Date: | Saturday 29 December 2018 |
| Time: | 10:23 |
| Type: |  Cessna R172K Hawk XP II |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N1095V |
| MSN: | R1722117 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2561 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-360-KB |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Howard Nixon Memorial Airport (50G), Chesaning, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Chesaning, MI (50G) |
| Chesaning, MI (50G) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot departed on a personal flight about 10 minutes before the accident. According to a witness, the pilot was conducting touch-and-go landings at the airport when the engine “cut out” and the airplane went “straight down.” Two other witnesses described a steep bank or a sharp turn before the airplane descended at a steep angle and impacted the ground and then a building. The pilot was fatally injured.
Ground scars at the accident site and damage to the airplane were consistent with a left-wing-low attitude and the engine operating at high power at the time of impact. The airplane's steep bank and descent at a steep angle were consistent with a loss of control. The examination of the airplane and engine revealed no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operations.
Toxicology testing revealed the pilot was using a combination of phenobarbital and phenytoin at the time of the accident. Although these drugs can cause various impairing symptoms, the type of impairment that these drugs cause is unlikely to lead to a sudden loss of control. Both drugs can be used to prevent seizures in patients with epilepsy. Although a seizure or other neurologic event causing sudden incapacitation could have occurred without leaving autopsy evidence, there was not enough available information to indicate that the pilot had an increased risk of such an event. Thus, the investigation could not determine, based on the available information, whether the pilot's loss of airplane control was related to a medical issue.
Probable Cause: The pilot's loss of airplane control for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=1095V
Location
Media:
Saginaw County, Chesaning, MI, USA - One person has died in Chesaning when his plane crash into a building at the park.
— PLANES OF LEGEND (@PlanesOfLegend) 29 décembre 2018
https://t.co/Mi4VCUpCMe pic.twitter.com/nhj8eXLeJ5
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Dec-2018 16:47 | Geno | Added |
| 29-Dec-2018 17:33 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2018 20:20 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code, Damage] |
| 29-Dec-2018 21:25 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Embed code] |
| 01-Jan-2019 10:33 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 01-May-2019 19:58 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative] |
| 03-Jul-2020 12:40 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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