Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Bloomville, Ohio 44818
Thursday, December 22, 1988 20:30 EST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

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 FLT. 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.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 12/22/1988
Event Day of the Week Thursday
Time of Event 2030
Event Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Event City BLOOMVILLE
Event State OHIO
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 44818
Event Date Year 1988
Event Date Month 12
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 0
Weather Briefing Completeness Full
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1955 Eastern Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 90
Weather Observation Facility ID FDY
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 30
Time Zone of the weather observation EDT
Lighting Conditions Night/Dark
Lowest Ceiling Height 1200
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Unknown
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 7
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 3
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -1
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 130
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 13
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Fatal
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal 2
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 2
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2195
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Dec 22 1988 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 2100
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 38786
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 12:21PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N84UM
NTSB Number ATL89FA058
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 414
Aircraft Series Identifier 414
Aircraft Serial Number 414A0825
Certified Max Gross Weight 6750
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 8
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Dec 21 1988 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 5
Airframe Hours 1987
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name DONALD I KAPETANSKY
Aircraft Owner Street Address 6400 NORTH PARK DR. SUITE 116
Aircraft Owner City SOUTHFIELD
Aircraft Owner State MI
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 48075
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name DONALD I. KAPETANSKY
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 16400 NORTH PARK DR.SUITE 116
Operator City SOUTHFIELD
Operator State MI
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 48075
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code
Departure City PONTIAC
Departure State MI
Departure Country
Departure Time 1912
Departure Time Zone EST
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code
Destination City WEST PALM BEACH
Destination State FL
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Descent
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length 0
Runway Width 0
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --