Cessna 170A N1223D

Summary

On 16 July 1985 at about 12:56 local time, a Cessna 170A registered N1223D, operated by Mertine.kuykendall, was involved in an accident near Olney, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 July 1985 at 12:56

Classification

Accident

Location

Olney, Illinois, United States

Coordinates

38.7300, -88.0809

Aircraft

Cessna 170A

Registration

N1223D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Mertine.kuykendall

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

New Baden → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI85FA292

1 person died.

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED NEW BADEN AND BEGAN FLYING ERRATICALLY DOWN AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. IT CAUSED ONE AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT BY FLYING LOW HEAD-ON PASSES AT CARS. IT FLEW UNDERAN OVERPASS, DAMAGING A WINGTIP IN THE PROCESS. IT FLEW INTOAN ELECTRICAL CABLE AND DAMAGED THE VERTICAL STABILIZED IN THE PROCESS. THE PILOT BUZZED A TRUCK. MADE TWO SHARP TURNS AT LOW ALTITUDE. DURING THE SECOND TURN THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP 190 FEET LATER. THE PILOT WAS EJECTED FROM THE COCKPIT AND LATERDIED. HIS SEAT BELT WAS NOT FASTENED DURING THE CRASH. AFTERTHE CRASH HIS FAMILY DESCRIBED HIM AS A PARANOID PSYCHOTIC AND HIS FRIENDS STATED THAT HE WAS DEPRESSED. IN A FINAL INTERVIEW BEFORE HE DIED HE REPEATEDLY MENTIONED ANIMOSITY TOWARD GRAVEL TRUCKS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.