Champion 7BCM N82782

Summary

On 17 March 1988 at about 21:55 local time, a Champion 7BCM registered N82782, operated by Robert W. Goodson, was involved in an accident near Bishopville, South Carolina, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 March 1988 at 21:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Bishopville, South Carolina, United States

Coordinates

34.2098, -80.2397

Aircraft

Champion 7BCM

Registration

N82782

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Robert W. Goodson

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL88FA118

2 people 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 STUDENT PILOT, CARRYING A PASSENGER, ATTEMPTED A LOW LEVEL MANEUVER, AND STALLED THE AIRCRAFT. HE WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER IN THE ALTITUDE AVAILABLE AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND. TOXICOLOGICAL TESTS ON THE BLOOD/URINE WERE DONE ON THE PIC. THE BLOOD CONTAINED 24 NANOGRAMS PER MILLILITER (NG/ML) OF THC (THE PSYCHOACTIVE COMPONENT OF MARIJUANA) AND THE URINE CONTAINED 241 NG/ML OF CARBOXY-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL (THC-COOH), THE PRINCIPAL METABOLITE OF MARIJUANA. ACCORDING TO SEVERAL CHARACTER WITNESSES, THE PILOT WAS A KNOWN USER OF MARIJUANA.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.