- Date
- March 15, 1987, 19:33 local (Mar 16, 1987, 03:33 UTC)
- Place
- Avenal, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3143ECessna 182R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870315082949A
- Case key
- 25389
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt, with suspended commerical privileges & no current medical cert, borrowed his parents acft. While flying along an interstate highway at night, the acft collided with electrical transmission lines & crashed. Initial impact occurred at about 115' AGL. The plt had been denied a medical cert because of alcoholism. The coroner rprtd he had a blood/alcohol lvl of 0.25%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3143E
- Reported as
- Cessna 182R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18268235
- Airframe hours
- 1,345
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Both
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- R. R. Mclain, Jr. & B. Mclain
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 28, 1986 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- VIS · Visalia, CA
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 360° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NLC, 17 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.