- Date
- December 22, 1990, 06:55 local (13:55 UTC)
- Place
- Douglas, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- XBBCRCessna T210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 27075
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Probable cause
An inflight loss of control of the airplane due to the pilot's physical impairment from the consumption of alcohol. A factor which contributed to the accident was an inoperative vacuum system.
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 accident site was located on semi-level, typical sonora desert terrain. The airplane had impacted the ground at a right angle 90 deg to the surface. The propeller indicated power and rotation at impact. The county sheriff's investigatores determined the two individuals were last seen leaving a local Douglas bowling alley at aprx midnight, intoxicated, going to and staying at a bar until 0100. The pilot's muscle ethanol concentration was 210 mg/dl. The airplane's vacuum pump had been inoperative for the last 2 months.
Aircraft
- Registration
- XBBCR
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 63503
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- J. A. Morales
- Departed
- DUG · Douglas, AZ
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 271 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 220° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Observed at
- DUG, 4 nm away