Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Circleville, Ohio 43113
Sunday, July 26, 1987 14:35 EDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

APRX 35 MIN AFTER THE ACFT TKOF, WITNESSES OBSERVED IT IN WHAT THEY DESCRIBED AS ERRATIC FLT. ONE WITNESS RPRTD THE ACFTFLEW OVER A VACANT FIELD WHERE IT ENTERED A STEEP CLIMB, THEN STALLED & IMPACTED THE GND IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FND. THE PLT HAD LOGGED 7 HRS OF FLT TIME, BUT HAD NOT OBTAINED AN FAA MEDICAL/STUDENT PLT CERTIFICATE. APRX 1 MONTH BFR THE ACDNT, HE HAD PURCHASED THE ACFT FM A CO-WORKER, WHO HAD ALLOWED HIM TO MAKE TKOFS & LNDS. HOWEVER, THE PLT HAD NOT YET RECEIVED TRAINING IN TKOFS & LNDGS FM A CERTIFIED FLT INSTRUCTOR (CFI). TWO CHECKS OF THE PLT'S BLOOD SHOWED ALCOHOL LVLS OF 0.30% & 0.32%. A CHECK OF HIS URINE SHOWED 0.18% ALCOHOL. HE HAD A RPRTD HISTORY OF ALCOHOL ABUSE & WAS HOSPITALIZED ON 7/20/87 WITH ACUTE DELIRIUM, HEPATORENAL SYNDROME, HYPER- TENSION, & ACUTE RENAL FAILURE. ON 7/24/87, HE WAS RLSD FM THE HOSPITAL & IMIPRAMINE WAS PRESCRIBED. TOX TESTS CONFIRMEDIMIPRAMINE IN PLTS BLOOD. DRUG HAS ADVERSE SIDE EFFECTS INCLUDING MENTAL CONFUSION, ANXIETY, BLURRED VISION & SEIZURES.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 7/26/1987
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1435
Event Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Event City CIRCLEVILLE
Event State OHIO
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 43113
Event Date Year 1987
Event Date Month 7
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 Unknown
Investigator's weather source Unknown
Time of the weather observation 1450 Eastern Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 360
Weather Observation Facility ID CMH
Elevation of weather observation facility 816
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 22
Time Zone of the weather observation EDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 3500
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 3500
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) 27
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 24
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 0
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 0
Wind Velocity Indicator Calm
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
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) 1375
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Jul 26 1987 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1620
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 34628
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 2:34PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N2476J
NTSB Number ATL87FA223
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 150G
Aircraft Series Identifier 150G
Aircraft Serial Number 15065576
Certified Max Gross Weight 1600
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 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection May 2 1987 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 17
Airframe Hours 1706
ELT Installed No
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name KERMIT RICHMOND
Aircraft Owner Street Address 1539 MONMOUTH ST.
Aircraft Owner City LANCASTER
Aircraft Owner State OH
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 43130
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
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 ILS
Departure City LANCASTER
Departure State OH
Departure Country
Departure Time 1400
Departure Time Zone EDT
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
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 --