# NTSB Accident CHI94FA082
> **CESSNA A185F** · 1994-02-11 · STERLING HGTS, MI, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI94FA082
- **Event ID:** 20001206X00721
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1994-02-11
- **Location:** STERLING HGTS, MI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.560989, -83.069564
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** A185F
- **Registration:** N53064
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## 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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