# Accident 19980510008549A: Univar A2ALON, Cedar Hills, MO, May 10, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1998, 14:30 local time
- Place: Cedar Hills, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3508° N, 90.6399° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3508&lon=-90.6399&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5482E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5482E-2013-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Alon A2 (registry code 0540102, https://openairdocs.org/model/alon-a2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR A2ALON
- Reported engine: CONT C90*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 4,600 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA143) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980510008549A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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 OMITT^, ROUTINELY FLEW CIRCLING MANUEVERS OVER HIS SONS HOUSE ON WEEKENDS WHEN THE WEATHER WAS GOOD.  ON THIS OCCASSION, ^PRIVACY DAT^ 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 DAT^ 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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI98LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA143), May 10, 1998: Alon A-2 (N5482E), Cedar Hills, MO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to maintain airplane control due to alcohol impairment.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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