# NTSB MKC89FA014: Taylorcraft BC-12D, N39231, Lenexa, KS, October 25, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: October 25, 1988, 01:30 local (06:30 UTC)
- Place: Lenexa, KS
- Coordinates: 38.95911, -94.73973 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9591&lon=-94.7397&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report March 26, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34666
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC89FA014
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34666/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89FA014

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, cruise - normal
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - incapacitation(drugs), pilot in command (cause)
  - incapacitation(alcohol), pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE PIC HAD BEEN DRINKING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES BEFORE THE FLT AND HAD TAKEN THE PRESCRIPTION ANTI-DEPRESION DRUG PAMELOR. IN COMBINATION, THE ADVERSE SIDE-EFFECTS OF THE DRUG ARE MAGNIFIED. THE PIC DECIDED TO FLY INSTEAD OF DRIVE TO VISIT A FRIEND WORKING THE NIGHT SHIFT WHERE HE WAS ALSO EMPLOYED. AFTER THE VISIT, THE PIC DEPARTED THE LOCAL AIRPORT TO FLY 7 NM TO A NEARBY AIRPORT WHERE THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN HANGARED. THE PIC ONLY REMEMBERED FLYING ALONG THE INTERSTATE HWY, NORTHWEST OF THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT PRIOR TO THE CRASH. THE IMPACT OCCURRED IN THE CENTER MEDIAN OF THE INTERSTATE HWY. INTERVIEWS WITH THE PIC REVEALED THAT HE HAD ALSO BEEN DRINKING WHILE FLYING THE AIRCRAFT. TOX TESTS REVEALED THAT THE PILOT'S BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS .15%.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N39231](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39231-1991-01-29), registration cancelled 1991-01-29, S/N 6485 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC-12D
- Registry model: [Taylorcraft BC12-D](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (registry code 8850316) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 6-A85
- Airframe hours: 1935
- Engines: CONTINENTAL A65-8F 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Vogel, Stan
- Registered owner: Stanley E. Vogel
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 6, 1988, 66 hours before
- Departed: OJC, OLATHE, KS
- Destination: IXD

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 992 total, 68 in this make and model, 917 as pilot in command, 92 in the last 90 days, 19 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 50 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19881025048249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881025048249A), Oct 25, 1988: Tcraft STCBC, Lenexa, KS, Substantial damage. Drug and alcohol impaired pilot. Stalled aircraft. Impacted ground near vertical. Medical had been revoked.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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