KASILOF, AK, USA
N88374
BELLANCA 7GCBC
THE ACFT CRASHED IN A VERTICAL NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE PLT'S PRIVATE AIRSTRIP. ACCORDING TO RELATIVES THE PLT WAS TAKING HIS GIRL FRIEND'S 2 CHILDREN FOR A SHORT FLT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE PLT'S LAST KNOWN MEDICAL CERTIFICATE WAS DATED 9/28/78. THE ANNUAL INSPECTION ON THE ACFT WAS OVERDUE BY 7 MONTHS. THE TYPE OF FUEL FOUNDIN THE ACFT AFTER THE ACCIDENT RESEMBLED AUTOMOTIVE FUEL IN APPEARANCE AND SMELL. A FUEL ANALYSIS DID NOT DETERMINE TYPEOF FUEL. A PATHOLOGIST WHO EXAMINED THE PLT'S BODY AFTER THE ACCIDENT STATED THAT THE TOXICOLOGY REPORT SHOWED A THERAPEUTIC LEVEL OF DIPHENHYDRAMINE PRESENT. ACCORDING TO A DOCTOR, THIS COULD HAVE IMPAIRED THE PLT'S JUDGEMENT, VISION AND OTHER SENSORY FUNCTIONS. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THIS ACCIDENT.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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