To: jlallen who wrote (779838 ) 4/16/2014 8:26:27 AM From: Bilow Read Replies (1) | Respond to Hi jlallen; Re hunting in Texas and alcohol. I've seen deer blinds in Texas with more than their share of beer cans around. I try to avoid the woods during deer season because they shoot each other with great regularity. But somehow, alcohol never seems to be involved, LOL. My friends tell me it's a lot safer now than it was when I was a boy. And when I looked up the data, it's gotten to the point where less than 10 people are killed while hunting in Texas each year.BIRD HUNTING EXCURSION . TWO WITNESSES RPRTD THEY SAW AN ACFT (MATCHING THE DESCRIPTION OF N9101A) FLYING ABOUT 50 TO 75 FT AGL & MANEUVERING. NO KNOWN WITNESSES SAW THE PLANE CRASH. WHEN IT DID NOT RETURN, A SEARCH WAS INITIATED. THE ACFT WAS FND THE NEXT MORNING WHERE IT HAD CRASHED ON NEAR LEVEL, DESERT TERRAIN . AN EXAM REVEALED THE ACFT HAD COLLIDED WITH THE GND IN A STEEP LEFT BANK, SLIGHT NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE ENG HIT THE GND ABOUT 33 FT BEYOND WHERE THE LEFT WING TIP 1ST MADE CONTACT. THE ACFT THEN TUMBLED & CAME TO REST WITH EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AFTER TRAVELING ANOTHER 54 FT. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THE PROP WAS ROTATING AT IMPACT & THE PROP BLADES WERE TWISTED & CURLED. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND. FOUR SHOT GUNS WERE FND IN THE REAR OF THE ACFT & SHOT GUN SHELLS WERE FND THRU-OUT THE WRECKAGE AREA. DRG A TOXICOLOGY CHECK OF THE PLT'S BLOOD, AN ALCOHOL LVL OF 0.152% WAS NOTED . CAUSE: PILOT'S IMPAIRMENT DUE TO THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL.aviation-safety.net Victim fell from a tree stand under the apparent influence of marijuana and was found dead at the scene. "tpwd.state.tx.us
