- Date
- August 13, 1988, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Floweree, MS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N5555TCessna 172E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880813032449A
- Case key
- 32036
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot departed early in the morning and was not found until the next afternoon. There were no witnesses to the accident. The aircraft impacted the ground in a 50 degree nose down angle at a high rate of speed with evidence of aircraft rotation around the longitudinal axis. A toxicological examination revealed the presence of a therapeutic level, 0.2 ug/ml of diazepam, (valium) in the pilot's blood. In addition 56 ng/ml of marijuana metabolite were found in the urine and 27 ng/ml of 9-carboxy-THC, the principal metabolite of tetrahydrocannabinol which is the principal psychoactive constituent of marijuana, were found in the pilots blood. The detected concentration of marijuana metabolite in blood is associated with marijuana use within the prior half day; and the combination of valium and recent marijuana use may result in an additive extent of impairment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5555T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-51455
- Airframe hours
- 2,711
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Singleton, James K.
- Registered owner
- James K Singleton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 5, 1988 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- VKS · Vicksburg, 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 62 total · 32 in this make and model · 33 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAN, 41 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.