- Date
- May 24, 1984, 15:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place
- Piedmont, AL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N48767Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 6280
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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
The plt reported that prior to flying, he had 2 mixed drinks which contained alcoholic beverage. The flt originated at talledega, AL. The plt then flew to anniston, AL, where he landed. From there he flew to jacksonville & centre, where he made touch-&-go landings, then proceeded on the flt. About 10 mi west of Piedmont, AL, the acft collided with power lines. The acft remained suspended in the lines, but the plt fell to the ground. A witness in an auto observed the acft flying behind him at 100 to 150 ft AGL as he (the witness) was driving down a country road. As the witness entered a series of turns, the acft flew past him & into the power lines. The plt was taken to a hospital where he gave permission for a blood sample. A check of his blood revealed an alcohol level of 0.102% (102 mg%).
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48767
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280960
- Airframe hours
- 1,789
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lyner, Charles F.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 3, 1984 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- Anniston, AL
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 414 total · 414 in this make and model · 325 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ANB