Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Marysville, California 95901
Saturday, June 21, 1986 2:03 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
AT 0203 PDT, THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL POWER OUTAGE WHEN A CESSNA 152, N4873H, COLLIDED WITH A POWER LINE THAT CROSSED THE FEATHER RIVER NEAR MARYSVILLE, CA. THE ACDNT OCCURRED AS A STUDENT PLT WAS FLYING OVER THE RIVER AT LOW ALT WITH A PASSENGER ABOARD AT NIGHT. THE WRECKAGE WAS FOUND AT 0519 PDT BY PERSONNEL FROM THE POWER COMPANY. ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR, THE STUDENT PLT HAD ACCESS TO A LOCKED OFFICE WHERE THE ACFT KEYS WERE KEPT. RPRTDLY, THE STUDENT TOOK THE ACFT WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION. TOXICOLOGY CHECKS PERFORMED AT AN FAA LAB, SHOWED THE STUDENT PLT HAD ALCOHOL LVLS OF 0.205%IN HIS BLOOD & 0.297% IN HIS URINE. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT HE HAD CONSUMED A MEDICATION (METHAMPHETAMINE) & COCAINE IN THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS. A TEST OF HIS URINE SHOWED LEVELS OF 0.067 FOR METHAMPHETAMINE & 0.24 UG/ML FOR BENZOYLECGONINE (A METABOLITE OF COCAINE); HOWEVER, BLOOD TESTS FOR DRUGS & MEDICATIONS WERE NEGATIVE.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 6/21/1986 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 203 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | MARYSVILLE |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 95901 |
| Event Date Year | 1986 |
| Event Date Month | 6 |
| 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 | 5 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 160 |
| Airport Elevation | 0 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 155 Pacific Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 55 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | BAB |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 113 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 8 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | PDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Night/Dark |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 17 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 5 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 330 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 2 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 28 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 75 |
| 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) | 2538 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Jun 21 1986 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 730 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 33466 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 13 2000 4:05PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N4873H |
| NTSB Number | LAX86FA260 |
| 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 | 152 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 152 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 15283993 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1670 |
| 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 | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | Apr 14 1986 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | 1724 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | STEPHEN E. CARNES |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 1147 KIMBERLY DR. |
| Aircraft Owner City | YUBA CITY |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 95991 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | SUN RUNNER AIR |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 1489 SKY HARBOR DRIVE |
| Operator City | MARYSVILLE |
| Operator State | CA |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 95901 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| 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 | 052 |
| Departure City | YUBA CITY |
| Departure State | CA |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 139 |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT |
| 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 | Maneuvering |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:36AM |
| 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 | -- |