- Date
- November 23, 1990, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- England, AR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N811JBeech B55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901123051739A
- Case key
- 23238
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgement of altitude, which resulted in his failure to arrest descent from a dive. The pilot's impaired judgment from consumption of ethanol (alcohol) was a factor.
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 acft was on a flt from lincoln, Kansas to England, Arkansas. Witnesses observed the acft flying erratically, near a lake, close to the destn. They attributed this as trying to gain their recognition in the form of a greeting. The acft subsequently crashed while flying toward the lake. An investigation revealed evidence that it had entered a dive & impacted the gnd at a high rate of speed before arresting the descent. No preimpact part failure or malfunction of the acft or eng was fnd. The toxicology testing revealed the presence of widely varying levels of ethanol in the pilot's blood (79 mg/dl or 0.079%), lung (65 mg/dl), & spleen (36MG/DL), as well as a considerable amount (127 mg/dl)in his urine. The toxicologist indicated that some of the ethanol may have been from putrefaction, but some was from pre-accident ingestion by the pilot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N811J
- Reported as
- Beech B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC162
- Airframe hours
- 1,499
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hanneman, Delmar R.
- Registered owner
- Hannerman, Delmar
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 5, 1990 · 133 hours before
- Departed
- K71 · Lincoln, KS
- Destination
- England, AR
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.