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| Date: | Saturday 4 July 1987 |
| Time: | 20:05 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft D18S |
| Owner/operator: | Thomas Cannarozzo |
| Registration: | N132E |
| MSN: | A-4 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10176 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W R-985-AN1-14B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lakeside, MT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Kalispell, MT (S27) |
| Coeur D' Alene , ID (S77) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PLT BORROWED THE ACFT TO FLY A MUSICAL GROUP TO KALISPELL FOR A PVT ENGAGEMENT AT LAKESIDE, MT, WHICH WAS APRX 15 MI SOUTH OF THE ARPT. THAT EVENING, THE GROUP BOARDED THE ACFT FOR THE RETURN flight. AFTER TAKEOFF, THE ACFT WAS SEEN FLYING AT LOW ALT IN THE VCNTY OF WHERE THE MUSICAL GROUP HAD PERFORMED. THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED AT A VERY LOW ALT WHEN IT ENTERED AN ABRUPT CLIMB, THEN WENT INTO A WINGOVER OR HAMMERHEAD STALL TYPE OF MANEUVER & REVERSED DIRECTION. HOWEVER, BEFORE RECOVERING FROM THE ENSUING DIVE, THE ACFT CRASHED ON WOODED TERRAIN. WITNESSES SAID THE ENGS APPEARED TO BE RUNNING NORMALLY. A TEST OF THE PLT'S BLOOD SHOWED A SLIGHT AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL; HOWEVER, THERE WERE INDCNS THIS WAS DUE TO PUTREFACTION. CAUSE:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001213X31495
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:22 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency, ] |
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