Cessna A185F accident near Sterling Hgts, MI
On February 11, 1994, a Cessna A185F (airplane) was involved in an accident near Sterling Hgts, MI. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- February 11, 1994
- Place
- Sterling Hgts, MI
- Aircraft
- Cessna A185F · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 42.561°N, 83.070°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001206X00721
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On February 10, 1994, at 2251 eastern standard time, a Cessna A185F, N53064, registered to Timothy J. Bishop of Sterling Heights, Michigan, and operated by a commercial pilot, collided with an unlighted tower, while maneuvering in low level flight. The airplane was destroyed on impact with the tower, wires, and a residence. The pilot and one passenger sustained fatal injuries. The personal 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating in night visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan was on file for the local flight which departed Troy, Michigan, exact time unknown. From early in the evening and into the night of the accident a social gathering was being held at the Sterling Heights Police lodge hall. Both the pilot/owner of the airplane involved and his passenger were members of the police department and had been observed in attendance at the lodge hall by several members of the Department. Witnesses at the hall stated that they observed both persons drinking alcoholic beverages and eating pizza. None of the witnesses at the hall indicted that they had any knowledge of a proposed flight by the two individuals. Their next indication of the flight occurred when the electrical power was lost at the lodge hall when the accident airplane severed power lines adjacent to and in front of the building. Witnesses outside the hall stated that they saw the airplane approach from the south heading north at a low altitude, pass on the east side of the lodge hall, travel approximately one-quarter mile north of the building and initiate a 180 degree turn to the left. Witne
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S IMPAIRMENT OF JUDGMENT AND PERFORMANCE DUE TO ALCOHOL, WHICH LED TO HIS INTENTIONAL BUZZING, AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE (OR CLEARANCE) FROM OBSTACLES. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: DARKNESS AND THE UNLIGHTED TOWER.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
