COLUMBIA STA., OH, USA
N3540S
CESSNA 172E
ACCORDING TO THE NON-RATED PLT, HE WAS ON DOWNWIND TO LAND WHEN HE APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT, THEN THE ENG RPM BEGAN TO DECREASE. HE STATED THAT HE PUSHED THE THROTTLE FORWARD, BUT GOT NO RESPONSE FROM THE ENG. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE ACFT CONTINUED TO LOSE ALTITUDE & HIT POWER LINES. HOWEVER, THE PASSENGER, WHO WAS A RATED PLT STATED THAT HE WAS NOT AWARE THE PLT WAS NOT RATED. THE PASSENGER REPORTED THAT HE OBSERVED NO MALFUNCTION OF THE POWER PLANT OPERATION BUT THAT THE APCH WAS FLOWN TOO LOW TO CLEAR THE POWER LINES. AFTER COLLIDING WITH THE POWER LINES, THE ACFT CRASHED TO THE GROUND IN AN INVERTED ATTITUDE. THE PLT HAD PREVIOUSLY OBTAINED A STUDENT PLT CERTIFICATE, BUT HIS MEDICAL HAD EXPIRED. A TOXICOLOGICAL EXAM REVEALED THAT HE HAD A BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 0.147%.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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