- Date
- June 19, 1992, 18:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Bedford, NH
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8736VBellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920619021259A
- Case key
- 37175
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Probable cause
Physical impairment of the pilot as the result of alcohol consumption, resulting in his failure or inability to maintain control of the airplane. Factors which contributed to the accident were: the pilot's poor judgement in buzzing residences and his failure to maintain adequate altitude.
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 passenger said they were flying over an area where some of the pilot's friends lived. They were flying fairly low, doing descents and pull-ups. At one point, the aircraft entered a steep bank and descent. The passenger expected the pilot to pull up again, but the aircraft continued the descent until it struck the trees. The pilot's toxicology result indicated a blood alcohol level of 400 mg/dl. The consulting physician reported '... As sudden increase to that level in a person not used to that level would produce coma.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8736V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 847-75
- Airframe hours
- 1,150
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lucien A. Fradette
- Registered owner
- Lucien A. Fradette
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 10, 1992 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- ASH · Nashua, NH
- Destination
- ASH
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 938 total · 814 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.