Cessna 172E N3540S

Summary

On 30 August 1983 at about 01:00 local time, a Cessna 172E registered N3540S was involved in an accident near Columbia Sta., Ohio, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 August 1983 at 01:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Columbia Sta., Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Columbia Station (468)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172E

Registration

N3540S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Strongville → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

CHI83LA399

2 people had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ACCORDING TO THE NON-RATED PLT, HE WAS ON DOWNWIND TO LAND WHEN HE APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT, THEN THE ENG RPM BEGAN TO DECREASE. HE STATED THAT HE PUSHED THE THROTTLE FORWARD, BUT GOT NO RESPONSE FROM THE ENG. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE ACFT CONTINUED TO LOSE ALTITUDE & HIT POWER LINES. HOWEVER, THE PASSENGER, WHO WAS A RATED PLT STATED THAT HE WAS NOT AWARE THE PLT WAS NOT RATED. THE PASSENGER REPORTED THAT HE OBSERVED NO MALFUNCTION OF THE POWER PLANT OPERATION BUT THAT THE APCH WAS FLOWN TOO LOW TO CLEAR THE POWER LINES. AFTER COLLIDING WITH THE POWER LINES, THE ACFT CRASHED TO THE GROUND IN AN INVERTED ATTITUDE. THE PLT HAD PREVIOUSLY OBTAINED A STUDENT PLT CERTIFICATE, BUT HIS MEDICAL HAD EXPIRED. A TOXICOLOGICAL EXAM REVEALED THAT HE HAD A BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 0.147%.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.