# NTSB CHI85LA246: Anderson Skybolt, N66AA, Escanaba, MI, June 22, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 22, 1985, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place: Escanaba, MI
- Coordinates: 45.740081, -87.079879 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7401&lon=-87.0799&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13106
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA246
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13106/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA246

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - impairment(alcohol), pilot in command (cause)
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command
  - buzzing - performed, pilot in command
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - water,rough (contributing factor)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

PRIOR TO THE ACDNT, THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED MAKING REPEATED LOW PASSES OVER THE AREA WHERE IT SUBSEQUENTLY CRASHED. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT DURING A TURNING MANEUVER OVER WATER, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE SURFACE & CRASHED. A POLICE OFFICER, WHO RESPONDED, REPORTED THAT BOTH OCCUPANTS SMELLED STRONGLY OF INTOXICANTS & HAD SLURRED SPEECH. A TOXICOLOGY CHECK OF THE STUDENT PLT'S BLOOD SHOWED AN ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 0.225%. APRX 45 MI NW AT MARQUETTE, MI, THE WIND WAS FROM 240 DEG AT 13 GUSTING 22 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N66AA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66AA-2013-04-30), registration cancelled 2013-04-30, S/N 7865783, built 1984 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Anderson Aircraft Corp. SKYBOLT
- Registry model: [Anderson SKYBOLT](https://openairdocs.org/model/anderson-skybolt) (registry code 0565547) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 7865783
- Engines: unknown UNK reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Arnold Andeson
- Registered owner: Arnold Anderson
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; toxicology performed

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 13 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 59 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MQT, 45 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850622027159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850622027159A), Jun 22, 1985: Amtrsn SKYBOLT, Escanaba, MI, Substantial damage. Student carrying a passenger and flying while intoxicated,struck water. Aircraft had been making low passes in area

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.

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