ENOSBURG FALLS, VT, USA
N5326R
CESSNA 172
THE PLT REPORTED THAT WHEN HE WAS ON FINAL TO LAND ON A DARK NIGHT, THE ACFT HAD ELECTRICAL FAILURE & HE HAD NO LIGHTS. HE REPORTED THAT THIS OCCURRED WHEN HE HAD STARTED HIS FLARE & THAT WAS ALL HE COULD REMEMBER UNTIL AFTER HE HAD REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS AFTER THE ACCIDENT. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE PLT MADE 3 ATTEMPTS TO LAND. AFTER THE 3RD ATTEMPT, THE ACFT CRASHED INTO A SMALL BUILDING, LOCATED APRX 75 FT SOUTH OF RWY 27. THE RWY WAS UNLIGHTED. IT WAS BORDERED ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE BY A ROW OF MOBILE HOMES & PARKED ACRFT. REPORTEDLY, THE PLT HAD LANDED THERE BEFORE AT NIGHT WHILE THE MOBILE HOME LIGHTS WERE ON, BUT DURING THIS LANDING (AT APRX 0230 EDT), THE LIGHTS WERE NOT ON. FIVE HOURS AFTER THE ACCIDENT, THE PILOT'S BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS 0.043%.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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