- Date
- January 29, 1982, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Darlington, SC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1434QCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820129002249A
- Case key
- 70407
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Witnesses observed the aircraft performing aerobatic type of manuevers before entering a spin and crashing into a field. Although the pilot was known never to drink alcoholic beverages before flying, the pilot's blood alcohol level was 266MG/DL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1434Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15072734
- Airframe hours
- 2,439
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Earl T. Flowers
- Registered owner
- Earl T. Flowers
- Departed
- Darlington, SC
- Destination
- Darlington, SC
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Flight hours
- 1,304 total · 74 in this make and model · 57 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 131 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.