- Date
- August 7, 1991, 17:49 local (22:49 UTC)
- Place
- Heath, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9582ACessna 170A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910807032559A
- Case key
- 23273
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Probable cause
The inadvertent stall following an abrupt pull up while maneuvering at low altitude, and the pilot's impairment due to to alcohol and drug consumption.
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
A private pilot and his passenger were on a local low level flight. The airplane was observed flying southbound, parallel to high tension power lines, at an altitude estimated to be 200 feet above ground level. The aircraft was then seen turning eastbound towards the powerlines. As the aircraft approached the wires, the nose was abruptly pulled up and the airplane rolled to the left and the nose pitched down. The airplane impacted the ground with the wings level in an almost vertical attitude. A post-impact fire engulfed the airplane within seconds after impact. The toxicology report on the pilot revealed a level of 0.10% ethanol in the blood, 0.09% in the vitreous fluid, 0.14% in the urine, 0.07% in the bile, and 0.05 mg/l diphenhydramine (benadryl) in his system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9582A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19143
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gary L. Jendruck
- Registered owner
- Gary L. Jendruck
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- F26 · Rockwall, TX
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 274 total · 273 in this make and model · 233 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- 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.
Other investigations on N9582A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.