Cessna 152 N68762

Summary

On 5 June 1999 at about 16:48 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N68762 was involved in an accident near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

5 June 1999 at 16:48

Classification

Accident

Location

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Horace Williams (IGX)

Coordinates

35.9197, -79.0401

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N68762

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA99LA163

1 person was seriously injured.

The failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed resulting in the airplane stalling and entering a spin. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's impairment by marijuana.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The pilot stated to an FAA inspector after the accident that he did not remember anything about the accident. A flight instructor in another airplane saw the accident airplane approach the runway at a high altitude. The next time he saw it, it was over trees at the departure end of the runway, in a nose high attitude, moving very slowly, on the edge of a stall. The accident airplane then yawed sharply to the left, and entered a nose down, near vertical descent, disappearing into the trees. Postcrash toxicology tests were positive for .247 ug/ml marijuana in urine and .027 ug/ml marijuana in serum. Postcrash examination of the airplane's structure, flight controls, and engine by an FAA inspector showed no evidence of precrash failure or malfunction.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.