Cessna A152 N7597L

Summary

On 6 September 1983 at about 22:10 local time, a Cessna A152 registered N7597L was involved in an accident near Homosassa Sprgs, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 September 1983 at 22:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Homosassa Sprgs, Florida, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna A152

Registration

N7597L

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Brooksville → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA83FA225

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT WAS FIRST OBSERVED MAKING LOW PASSES, ALMOST STRIKING TREES & POWER LINES. IT THEN CONTINUED IN A STEEP BANK THROUGH ABOUT 90 DEG OF TURN, ROLLED INVERTED & PITCHED DOWN SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE ACFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN THE PARKINGLOT OF A CONVENIENCE STORE IN WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS A 'STRAIGHT DOWN NOSE FIRST' ATTITUDE. TOXICOLOGICAL TESTS REVEALED ALCOHOL LEVELS OF 0.220% BLOOD, 0.229% URINE & 2.364% GASTRIC. AN UNBROKEN, HALF FULL BOTTLE OF LIQUOR WAS REMOVED FROM THE WRECKAGE. ON 1/30/83, AT 0410, THE PLT WAS SPOTTED FLYING RECKLESSLY AT A LOW ALTITUDE. SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES, WHO CONFRONTED THE PLT AFTER LANDING, STATED HE SMELLED OF ALCOHOL. HE WAS GIVEN A SOBRIETY TEST WHICH HE PASSED 'APPROXIMATELY AVERAGE.' ON 2/14/83 THE FAA SENT A LETTER TO THE PLT STATING THEY WERE INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT. THE INVESTIGATION WAS CLOSED ON 5/5/83 WITH NO ACTION TAKEN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.