SUMMERSVILLE, MO, USA
N4326P
PIPER PA-28-181
THE PIC HAD FLOWN HIS ACFT FM SPRINGFIELD, MO TO OLATHE, KANSAS TO HAVE SOME REPAIR WORK ACCOMPLISHED AND WAS TO RETURN THAT SAME DAY. THE PIC NEVER RETURNED TO SPRINGFIELD. THE PIC HAD FLOWN TO SALEM, ILL WHERE WITNESSES STATED THEY OBSERVED THAT HE WAS CONFUSED AND DISORIENTED. THE PIC TRIED TO RETURN TO SPRINGFIELD, THE NEXT DAY, BUT STOPPED SHORT AT ROLLA, MISSOURI. AGAIN WITNESSES AT ROLLA STATED THAT THE PIC WAS CONFUSED AND DISORIENTED. THE PIC WAS ON THE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS TENORMIN AND LIBRIUM. BOTH OF THESE DRUGS HAVE WARNINGS THAT INCLUDE CONFUSION, DISORIENTATION AS SIDE EFFECTS. WEATHER IN THE CRASH SITE WHICH OCCURRED AT NIGHT, INCLUDED LOW CEILINGS AND FOG AND THE PIC WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. THE FORECASTED WX FOR THE FLT TO SPRINGFIELD WAS VFR.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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