ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 42343
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Date: | Wednesday 22 August 1984 |
Time: | 20:30 |
Type: | Cessna 150A |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | N7250X |
MSN: | 15059350 |
Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
Total airframe hrs: | 12 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-200-A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Twin Lake, MI -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Muskegon, MI (31C) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND IN A SPIRAL LIKE DESCENT WITH THE ENG IN A POWER RETARDED STATE AS EVIDENCED BY THE SOUND EFFECTS. THE WAS NO MISSING OR BACKFIRING OF THE POWER PLANT. THE ACFT STRUCK THE GROUND VERTICALLY AFTER BEING SEEN IN A NOSE DWN VERTICAL DESCENT WHILE SPRIRALING. THE PLT HAD BEEN DISQUALIFIED BY THE FAA FOR MEDICAL REASONS. HE WAS TAKING DILANTIN FOR PREVENTION OF SEIZURES, WHICH IS A DISQUALIFYING MEDICATION FOR A FLT PHYSICAL. NOTHING OF A MECHANICL NATURE WAS FOUND WHICH WAS CAUSAL TO THE ACCIDENT PROFILE DURING THE POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION. THE AUTOPSY REVEALED MODERATE ARTERLOSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE WITH CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS. THE PLT WAS 54 YEARS OLD. CAUSE:
Sources:
NTSB:
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001214X40611 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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