19980510008549A

Entered accelerated stall on pullup from buzzing a residence. Struck trees and burned. Had high level alcohol. (.4)witnesses reported the airplane was circling a home at an altitude between 700 and 1,000 feet above the ground. One witness said the airplane was losing altitude while it was maneuvering. Another witness said the airplane was '...flying at a slow rate of speed, making [an] approximate 30-degree turn. The engine was running when the right wing stalled, turning the airplane upside down. The plane then nose dived to the ground.' The toxicological report reported 112 (mg/dl, mg/hg) of ethanol was detected in the pilot's urine sample. The report stated that 84 (mg/dl, mg/hg) of ethanol was detected in ther vitreous fluids examined. No mechanical anomalies were found with the engine, airframe or control system that would prevent normal flight. (-23)family members and witness's stated that the PIC, privacy data omitted, routinely flew circling manuevers over his sons house on weekends when the weather was good. On this occassion, privacy data omitted had made one pass ove r the house and on the second one the aircraft appeared to be rolling over and began making noises. The aircraft was also observed to be in a nose high pict attitude. On the thrid pass the aircraft appeared to be completely inverted with the nosepitched up and losing altitude. The aircraft passed over a neighbors house where it struck the trees and caught fire. The aircraft came to rest in the sons driveway approximately 150 feet from the house where it contacted another tree and was destroyed. One witness stated stat privacy data omitted had a habit ot consuming alcohol both before and after flights. The medical examiners report found his blood alcohol level to be 0.061% and the vitreous percentage to be 0.079%. The engines sputtering noises are attributted to the aicraft being inverted resulting in fuel starvation.