Plane Crash List

Cessna 172C N1418Y

16 August 1987 · Switz City, Indiana, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 16 August 1987 at about 23:30 local time, a Cessna 172C registered N1418Y was involved in an accident near Switz City, Indiana, United States. 4 people were on board and 2 died, 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 23:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Switz City, Indiana, United States
Coordinates
39.0303, -87.0504
Aircraft
Cessna 172C
Registration
N1418Y
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Bloomfield → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
DEN87FA218

People

2 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
4 2 2 0 0

Probable cause

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

AFTER DEPARTING THE BLOOMFIELD ARPT, THE PLT FLEW WITH HIS FAMILY OVER A COAL MINE AREA WHERE HE HAD DONE RECLAMATION WORK. WITNESSES AT THE MINE STATED THAT THEY OBSERVED THE ACFT FLY LOW OVER THE MINE PITS & THAT THE PLT WAVED AT THEM. THE ACFT DEPARTED, THEN RETURNED ABOUT 10 TO 15 MIN LATER. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT STRUCK A POWER LINE AT AN ESTD ALT OF 76' AGL & CRASHED. CABLE MARKS WERE FOUND ON THE NOSE WHEEL FORK & TIRE. TOXICOLOGY CHECKS SHOWED THE PLT HAD A BLOOD/ALCOHOL LVL OF 0.13% & A URINE/ALCOHOL LVL OF 0.03%.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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