Taylorcraft BC-12D N39231

Summary

On 25 October 1988 at about 06:30 local time, a Taylorcraft BC-12D registered N39231, operated by Vogel, Stan, was involved in an accident near Lenexa, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 October 1988 at 06:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Lenexa, Kansas, United States

Coordinates

38.9591, -94.7397

Aircraft

Taylorcraft BC-12D

Registration

N39231

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Vogel, Stan

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Olathe → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MKC89FA014

1 person was seriously injured.

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 PIC HAD BEEN DRINKING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES BEFORE THE FLT AND HAD TAKEN THE PRESCRIPTION ANTI-DEPRESION DRUG PAMELOR. IN COMBINATION, THE ADVERSE SIDE-EFFECTS OF THE DRUG ARE MAGNIFIED. THE PIC DECIDED TO FLY INSTEAD OF DRIVE TO VISIT A FRIEND WORKING THE NIGHT SHIFT WHERE HE WAS ALSO EMPLOYED. AFTER THE VISIT, THE PIC DEPARTED THE LOCAL AIRPORT TO FLY 7 NM TO A NEARBY AIRPORT WHERE THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN HANGARED. THE PIC ONLY REMEMBERED FLYING ALONG THE INTERSTATE HWY, NORTHWEST OF THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT PRIOR TO THE CRASH. THE IMPACT OCCURRED IN THE CENTER MEDIAN OF THE INTERSTATE HWY. INTERVIEWS WITH THE PIC REVEALED THAT HE HAD ALSO BEEN DRINKING WHILE FLYING THE AIRCRAFT. TOX TESTS REVEALED THAT THE PILOT'S BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS .15%.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.