ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 41544
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| Date: | Thursday 22 December 1988 |
| Time: | 20:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 414A Chancellor |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | N84UM |
| MSN: | 414A0825 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1987 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL TSIO-520 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bloomville, OH -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Pontiac, MI |
| West Palm Beach, FL | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
APRX 2 MIN AFTER THE FLT (N84UM) HAD CLIMBED & LEVELED AT FL 290, THE ARTCC CTLR NOTICED THERE WAS NO RETURN FM THE ACFT'S TRANSPONDER. THE CTLR TRANSMITTED AN ADZY, BUT GOT NO REPLY. HE MADE SVRL MORE RADIO CALLS & RCVD 2 REPLIES. LATER, A REVIEW OF THE RADIO TRANSCRIPT INDCD THE PLT'S 1ST REPLY WAS SOMETHING ABOUT 'ICE.' IN HIS 2ND RESPONSE TO AN INQUIRY FM THE CTLR ABOUT 'HOW DO YOU HEAR ME,' HE REPLIED 'GOOD.' AFTER THAT THERE WAS NO FURTHER CONTACT WITH THE flight. WRECKAGE FM THE ACFT WAS FOUND SCATTERED OVER A 6 MI AREA, INDCG AN IN-FLT BREAKUP. PIECES FROM THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZERS WERE FOUND FM 2 TO 6 MI FM THE MAIN WRECKAGE. THE RGT WING WAS FOUND 2 MI FM THE MAIN WRECKAGE & THE LEFT OUTBOARD WING PANEL WAS FOUND ABOUT 1 MI FM THE RGT WING. DRG A PREFLT BRIEFING, THE PLT WAS ADZD OF TURBC & ICING CONDS; HE WAS TOLD TO EXPECT LGT TO MOD RIME ICING IN CLOUDS THRU 15,000', BUT THE ACFT WAS EQUIPPED FOR FLT IN ICING CONDS. A CHECK OF THE PLT'S LIVER FLUID SHOWED A BENZOYLECGONINE (COCAINE METABOLITE) LVL OF 0.136 MG/L. CAUSE:
Sources:
NTSB: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001213X27373
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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