Cessna 172P N212FR

Summary

On 18 May 1988 at about 23:45 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N212FR was involved in an accident near Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 May 1988 at 23:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States

Coordinates

34.9003, -94.9804

Aircraft

Cessna 172P

Registration

N212FR

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Other Work Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Talihina → Poteau

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW88FA104

2 people 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 BEING USED TO FLY OVER A WOODED AREA & SPOT CATTLE FOR PSNL ON THE GROUND. AFTER SPOTTING CATTLE FOR ABOUT 2 HRS, THE PLT WAS FLYING AT LOW ALT WHEN THE ACFT SUDDENLY ROLLED INTO A STEEP BANK, THEN THE NOSE DROPPED & THE ACFT CRASHED IN A STEEP DSCNT. A WITNESS RPRTD THE ENG REVVED UP JUST BEFORE IMPACT. SEVERAL TREE BRANCHES WERE FOUND AT THE CRASH SITE THAT HAD BEEN SMOOTHLY SEVERED BY THE PROP. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND. DRG TOXICOLOGY STUDIES OF THE OCCUPANTS, LOW LVLS OF COCAINE & MARIJUANA WERE DETECTED. TESTS OF THE PLT'S URINE SHOWED A MARIJUANA METABOLITE LEVEL OF 79 NG/ML & A COCAINE LVL OF 0.13 MCG/ML. HIS BLOOD HAD A CARBOXY-THC LVL OF 12 NG/ML. TESTS OF THE PAX'S URINE SHOWED A MARIJUANA METABOLITE LEVEL OF 56 NG/ML & A COCAINE LEVEL OF 0.2 MCG/ML.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.