Piper PA-24 N7241P

Summary

On 13 March 1985 at about 01:08 local time, a Piper PA-24 registered N7241P was involved in an accident near Toledo, Ohio, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 March 1985 at 01:08

Classification

Accident

Location

Toledo, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Toledo Express (TOL)

Coordinates

41.6797, -83.5292

Aircraft

Piper PA-24

Registration

N7241P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Toledo → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

CHI85FA137

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 PLT WAS OBSVD TAKING MEDICATION WITHIN 2 HRS BFR FLT. A WITNESS IDENTIFIED 1 PILL AS DARVOCET-N 100, SINCE SHE TOOK THE SAME MEDICATION. WHEN THE PLT STARTED THE ENG, IT WENT TO A VERY HI RPM, AS IF THE THROTTLE WAS TOO FAR OPEN. WHILE TAXIING TO TAKEOFF, THE ACFT NEARLY HIT A PARKED ACFT, WENT OFF THE TAXIWAY & CAME ALARMINGLY CLOSE TO A TRACTOR. ON A LOCAL FLT TO A NEARBY ARPT AT NGT, THE PLT'S SPEACH WAS SLURRED & ERRATIC, & HE COULD NOT FIND THE DESTN ARPT. TWR PSNL AT THE DESTN ARPT IDENTIFIED THE ACFT BY USING THEIR BRITE RADAR & COULD CLEARLY SEE THE ACFT LGTS. THEY TRIED TO VECTORTHE ACFT TO THE ARPT, BUT THE PLT DID NOT FLW DRCTNS. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT IMPACTED THE GND NEAR THE EDGE OF A FLOODEDFIELD, WHILE DSCNDG WITH THE GEAR EXTENDED, APRX 5 MI SW OF THE ARPT. AN UNIDENTIFIED BARBITUATE WAS FND IN THE PLT'S GASTRIC CONTENTS. HIS DOCTOR HAD PRESCRIBED TALWIN & DARVOCET-N 100 FOR BACK PAIN. THE MEDICINE COULD HAVE CAUSED DIS- ORIENTATION & DROWINESS. TOX CHK OF HIS BLOOD WAS NEG FOR DRUGS, ALCOHOL & CARBON MONOXIDE. INSUF URINE FOR DRUG CHK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.