Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary FTW83FA144

MAYFLOWER, AR, USA

Aircraft #1

N4505E

CESSNA 172N

Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES WHILE FLYING IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION NEAR MAYFLOWER, AR. THE ACFT WAS RETURNING FROM A CROSS-COUNTRY AT NIGHT AND WAS OBSERVED BY A GROUP OF YOUTHS WHO SAID IT WAS FLYING FAST AT LOW ALT. AS THEY WATCHED, IT DESCENDED TO ABOUT TREE TOP LEVEL. IT DIPPED AND STRUCK SOME TREE TOPS AND CRASHED ABOUT A MILE FROM THE OBSERVERS. THERE WERE NO KNOWN RADIO CONTACTS WITH THE ACFT DURING THE FLT. THERE IS NO RECORD OF THE PLT RECEIVING A WEATHER BRIEFING FOR THE FLT. A TOXICOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE PILOT REVEALED AN ETHYL ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION IN THE BLOODSTREAM OF 0.362%.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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