# NTSB DEN87MA168: Beech D18S, N132E, Lakeside, MT, July 5, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Major investigation · Final report
- Date: July 4, 1987, 20:05 local (Jul 5, 1987, 02:05 UTC)
- Place: Lakeside, MT
- Coordinates: 47.990203, -114.269729 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9902&lon=-114.2697&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 10 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 24, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17321
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN87MA168
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17321/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87MA168

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering - turn to reverse direction
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - buzzing - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - ostentatious display, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aerobatics - attempted, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - overconfidence in aircraft's ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT BORROWED THE ACFT TO FLY A MUSICAL GROUP TO KALISPELL FOR A PVT ENGAGEMENT AT LAKESIDE, MT, WHICH WAS APRX 15 MI SOUTH OF THE ARPT. THAT EVENING, THE GROUP BOARDED THE ACFT FOR THE RETURN FLT. AFTER TAKEOFF, THE ACFT WAS SEEN FLYING AT LOW ALT IN THE VCNTY OF WHERE THE MUSICAL GROUP HAD PERFORMED. THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED AT A VERY LOW ALT WHEN IT ENTERED AN ABRUPT CLIMB, THEN WENT INTO A WINGOVER OR HAMMERHEAD STALL TYPE OF MANEUVER & REVERSED DIRECTION. HOWEVER, BEFORE RECOVERING FROM THE ENSUING DIVE, THE ACFT CRASHED ON WOODED TERRAIN. WITNESSES SAID THE ENGS APPEARED TO BE RUNNING NORMALLY. A TEST OF THE PLT'S BLOOD SHOWED A SLIGHT AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL; HOWEVER, THERE WERE INDCNS THIS WAS DUE TO PUTREFACTION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N132E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N132E-2012-06-21), registration cancelled 2012-06-21, S/N A-4, built 1945 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D18S
- Registry model: [Beech D18S](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d18s) (registry code 1151004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: A-4
- Airframe hours: 10176
- Engines: P&W R-985-AN1-14B 450 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Thomas Cannarozzo
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 1, 1986, 130 hours before
- Departed: S27, KALISPELL, MT
- Destination: S77, COEUR D' ALENE, ID

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 4,000 total, 3,500 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FCA, 15 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 19870704069279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870704069279A), Jul 4, 1987: Beech D18S, Lakeside, MT, Destroyed, 10 fatal. Performed a wing over maneuver at an altitude too low for recovery. Struck trees and burned. Cocaine detected.

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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