- Date
- April 27, 1987, 19:41 local (Apr 28, 1987, 00:41 UTC)
- Place
- Hollandale, MS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5093HPiper PA-11
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870427014539A
- Case key
- 31759
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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
Witnesses stated that the acft circled a pond & dived once, then on a 2nd circling attempt, it made a short steep turn & went into a twisting dive into the pond. The passenger stated that they were flying at appx 100 to 150 ft above some fish ponds when the plane stalled & nose dived into the water below. He also said the 'pilot told me we were going down, to hold on. He would try to hit water instead of the bank.' The owner/plt possessed a 3rd class student plt/medical certificate, dated 11/19/81. Toxicology tests showed he had a blood/alcohol level of 0.08% & a urine/alcohollvl of 0.138% (138 mg/dl). The tests also showed a small amount of marijuana metabolites (46 ng/ml) in his urine. According to a laboratory rprt, the metabolite lvl was suggestive of marijuana use, two or more days prior to the acdnt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5093H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11-995
- Airframe hours
- 4,026
- Engine
- Continental C-90-8F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kenneth Greer
- Registered owner
- Kenneth Greer/Tony Frey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 4, 1986 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- 14M · Hollandale, MS
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 146 total · 115 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GLH, 25 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.