- Date
- July 16, 1985, 07:56 local (12:56 UTC)
- Place
- Olney, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1223DCessna 170A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850716034659A
- Case key
- 12853
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
The aircraft departed new baden and began flying erratically down an interstate highway. It caused one automobile accident by flying low head-on passes at cars. It flew underan overpass, damaging a wingtip in the process. It flew intoan electrical cable and damaged the vertical stabilized in the process. The pilot buzzed a truck. Made two sharp turns at low altitude. During the second turn the left wing struck the ground and the aircraft slid to a stop 190 feet later. The pilot was ejected from the cockpit and laterdied. His seat belt was not fastened during the crash. Afterthe crash his family described him as a paranoid psychotic and his friends stated that he was depressed. In a final interview before he died he repeatedly mentioned animosity toward gravel trucks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1223D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20113
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mertine.Kuykendall, doing business as Cap Aero Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- New Baden, IL
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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 436 total · 164 in this make and model · 352 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EVV, 58 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.