<center>NTSB Identification: CHI85FA292 .
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 29486.
Accident occurred Tuesday, July 16, 1985 in OLNEY, IL
Aircraft: CESSNA 170A, registration: N1223D
Injuries: 1 Fatal.</center>THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED NEW BADEN AND BEGAN FLYING ERRATICALLY DOWN AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. IT CAUSED ONE AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT BY FLYING LOW HEAD-ON PASSES AT CARS. IT FLEW UNDERAN OVERPASS, DAMAGING A WINGTIP IN THE PROCESS. IT FLEW INTOAN ELECTRICAL CABLE AND DAMAGED THE VERTICAL STABILIZED IN THE PROCESS. THE PILOT BUZZED A TRUCK. MADE TWO SHARP TURNS AT LOW ALTITUDE. DURING THE SECOND TURN THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP 190 FEET LATER. THE PILOT WAS EJECTED FROM THE COCKPIT AND LATERDIED. HIS SEAT BELT WAS NOT FASTENED DURING THE CRASH. AFTERTHE CRASH HIS FAMILY DESCRIBED HIM AS A PARANOID PSYCHOTIC AND HIS FRIENDS STATED THAT HE WAS DEPRESSED. IN A FINAL INTERVIEW BEFORE HE DIED HE REPEATEDLY MENTIONED ANIMOSITY TOWARD GRAVEL TRUCKS.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
ALTITUDE..INADEQUATE..PILOT IN COMMAND
IMPROPER USE OF EQUIPMENT/AIRCRAFT..PILOT IN COMMAND
PROPER ALTITUDE..NOT MAINTAINED..PILOT IN COMMAND
PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION..PILOT IN COMMAND
STALL..INADVERTENT..PILOT IN COMMAND
OVERCONFIDENCE IN PERSONAL ABILITY..PILOT IN COMMAND
EMOTIONAL REACTION..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors
BUZZING..INTENTIONAL..PILOT IN COMMAND
