PALMER, AK, USA
N2345C
CESSNA 180
ACCORDING TO THE PLT'S ACCIDENT REPORT, HE HAD CLIMBED TO 3200 FT, PULLED THE THROTTLE FULL BACK TO DESCEND, THEN THE ENG STOPPED. HE STATED THAT HE TRIED TO START THE ENG, BUT WAS UNABLE, SO HE LANDED STRAIGHT AHEAD IN TREES. THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED DURING IMPACT WITH THE TREES. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT BOTH OCCUPANTS OF THE ACFT APPEARED TO BE INTOXICATED, WERE DRINKING WHILE THE ACFT WAS BEING REFUELED, AND HAD MADE A 100 DOLLAR WAGER THAT THE PLT COULD GLIDE THE ACFT FROM PIONEER PEAK TO FINGER LAKE WITH THE ENG SHUT OFF. ONE WITNESS OBSERVED THE ACFT WITH BINOCULARS & SAW THAT THE ENG WAS STOPPED. ACCORDING TO HIM, THE ENG HAD NOT BEEN STARTED BY THE TIME THE ACFT WENT OUT OF SIGHT BEHIND TREES. MEDICAL PERSONNEL REPORTED THAT AT THE CRASH SITE, THE PLT APPEARED INTOXICATED, HOSTILE & UNCOOPERATIVE. A BLOOD SAMPLE TAKEN ABOUT 2 1/2 HRS AFTER THE ACCIDENT WAS FOUND TO HAVE AN ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 0.204.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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