Baron MINICOUPE N8534A

Summary

On 29 June 1988 at about 01:10 local time, a Baron MINICOUPE registered N8534A, operated by Thys, Edward B., was involved in an accident near Truckee, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

29 June 1988 at 01:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Truckee, California, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Baron MINICOUPE

Registration

N8534A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Thys, Edward B.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Truckee → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX88DXQ02

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

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO BUZZ FRIENDS OF THE PILOT WHO WERE WINDSURFING ON SAILBOARDS. THE AIRPLANE WAS SEEN MANEUVERING ERRATICALLY AT A VERY LOW ALTITUDE OVER THE BOCA RESERVOIR. WITNESSES SAID THE AIRPLANE DID SEVERAL STEEP TURNS AND APPEARED TO STALL. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN IN A NOSE LOW, LEFT WING LOW ATTITUDE. WITNESSES INDICATED THE WINDS WERE GUSTING TO 30 MPH AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. TOX TESTS REVEALED 110-124 NG/ML MARIJUANA METABOLITES IN THE URINE OF THE PILOT. TOX TESTING OF BLOOD WAS NEGATIVE FOR MARIJUANA METABOLITES. THE AIRPLANE WAS CERTIFIED IN THE EXPERIMENTAL CATEGORY. ACROBATICS/ABRUPT MANEUVERS WERE PROHIBITED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.