Pilot Arrested on Suspicion of being Drunk after Nevada Citation Crash

[Airbubba]

Police: Drunk pilot arrested after crashing plane in MesquiteBy McKenzie Stauffer Thursday, July 18th 2019Updated July 18, 2019 - 12:05 am

The pilot of a plane that crashed Wednesday night at the Mesquite Municipal Airport was arrested on suspicion of flying the plane while drunk, according to Mesquite police.

A twin-engine Cessna crashed about 7:20 p.m. while landing at the airport, at 1200 Kitty Hawk Drive, and then caught fire, according to Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor. The pilot, 41-year-old Ryan Dashiell, of Spokane, Washington, was the only person on the plane.

Police took Dashiell to the hospital, Mesquite Police Department Capt. Quinn Averett said in an emailed statement. Dashiell was arrested on suspicion of operating an aircraft while under the influence of alcohol, the department said in a press release.

Dashiell will be booked into the Clark County Detention Center due to the gross misdemeanor charge, the department said.

The cause of the crash remained unknown Wednesday night. The plane was traveling from Pasco, Washington, to Henderson Executive Airport, Gregor said.

The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash, Gregor said.



Pilot arrested after plane crashes while landing in Nevada

MESQUITE, Nev. (AP) - Authorities say a Washington state man was arrested on suspicion of operating an aircraft while under the influence of alcohol after his plane crashed while landing at an airport in southern Nevada and then caught fire.

The Mesquite Police Department said 41-year-old Ryan Dashiell of Spokane was the only person on board the twin-engine jet when it crashed Wednesday night at the Mesquite Municipal Airport.

Online court records don't list an attorney for Dashiell who could comment on the misdemeanor allegation against him.

A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said the plane was traveling from Pasco, Washington, to Henderson, Nevada.

Cause of the crash wasn't immediately known.

FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.




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From the Mesquite, NV Police Department:

Pilot of Crashed Plane ArrestedMesquite NV Police (https://www.facebook.com/MesquiteNVPolice/)·Thursday, July 18, 2019 (https://www.facebook.com/notes/mesquite-nv-police/pilot-of-crashed-plane-arrested/2953074881401723/)
Mesquite, NV – On 7/17/19 at approximately 7:20 p.m. Mesquite Police responded to a plane crash at the Mesquite Municipal Airport. Mesquite Fire Rescue also responded and extinguished the blaze that had engulfed the downed aircraft.Officers determined the pilot and lone occupant of the plane was under the influence of alcohol and placed him into custody. Ryan Dashiell, 41, of Spokane, Washington was arrested for suspicion of operating an aircraft while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, a gross misdemeanor. Due to the gross misdemeanor charge Dashiell will be transported to Clark County Detention Center.
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The Mesquite Police Department is cooperating with the Federal Aviation Administration during this investigation. The investigation is ongoing and further updates will be released at a later time.

[Airbubba]

The aircraft appears to be N320JT, a CE-550. Doesn't the 550 require two pilots? :confused:

[ericsson16]

The aircraft appears to be N320JT, a CE-550. Doesn't the 550 require two pilots? :confused:
Maybe the other guy couldn't make the steps!

[Airbubba]

Looks like he descended early and did a little sightseeing around the hills before he got below FR24 coverage. He apparently stayed low and turned back north to Mesquite Airport on the other side of I-15.


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[Airbubba]

Pictures by Michael Blackshire of the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

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[Sepp]

The aircraft appears to be N320JT, a CE-550. Doesn't the 550 require two pilots? :confused:

Provided the a/c is suitably equipped, the pilot is suitably qualified and it's operated under Part 91, it can be flown on a single pilot exemption.

[Airbubba]

Provided the a/c is suitably equipped, the pilot is suitably qualified and it's operated under Part 91, it can be flown on a single pilot exemption.

Does it show up on the aircraft registration or the pilot's license? I've got a couple thousand hours and a (CE-500) type rating in the CE-550 from the 1980's. It seems like the aircraft needed some additional certification for single pilot operations and you had to pay Cessna a fee for the extra paperwork. Also, wouldn't there be some extra endorsement on the pilot license? Or would this qualification be covered by training records?

[Sepp]

Does it show up on the aircraft registration or the pilot's license? I've got a couple thousand hours and a (CE-500) type rating in the CE-550 from the 1980's. It seems like the aircraft needed some additional certification for single pilot operations and you had to pay Cessna a fee for the extra paperwork. Also, wouldn't there be some extra endorsement on the pilot license? Or would this qualification be covered by training records?

To qualify (FAA land), the requirements are: must hold 1st or 2nd class medical, have ATP or Commercial certificate, hold a CE-500 type rating, have at Least 1000 hours total time incl. 50 hours of night flight and 75 Hours instrument (40 actual) and have 500 Hours as PIC or SIC in turbine powered a/c. There's an initial training course, followed by recurrent every 12 months. Pilot qual applies to any suitably STCd a/c in the CE-500 series, up to and including Encore+ (caveat: any required difference training, checks etc. are not trumped by the qualification). The Excels are not included as although they're CE-5xxs, it's a different rating.

The a/c is subject to an STC, so it'll be in the paperwork somewhere. Required items are autopilot with approach coupling, flight director, boom microphone and transponder “Ident” button on pilot's yoke.

As to whether it shows on your cert, no idea as although I used to have both SP and MP certs here in the UK the rules and checks are different to FAA requirements.

[MarkerInbound]

The CE-510 and 525 type ratings can be issued as single pilot required and will show as CE-510S or CE-525S. For the CE-500 type which covers the -550 also it is a logbook endorsement. From the FAA FSIMS -“Each person who successfully completes the training and proficiency check identified in the exemption must have their pilot logbook endorsed by the operator’s instructor administering the training, using the following endorsement:“I certify that (first name, MI, last name) has successfully completed the CE-500 single-pilot training curriculum conducted by (Name of Company) for the (model-specific type, e.g., CE-550) identified in Exemption No. xxxxx, as amended.” /s/ [date] J. J. Jones 987654321CFI Exp. 03-31-16”

[Sepp]

The CE-510 and 525 type ratings can be issued as single pilot required and will show as CE-510S or CE-525S. For the CE-500 type which covers the -550 also it is a logbook endorsement. From the FAA FSIMS“Each person who successfully completes the training and proficiency check identified in the exemption must have their pilot logbook endorsed by the operator’s instructor administering the training, using the following endorsement:“I certify that (first name, MI, last name) has successfully completed the CE-500 single-pilot training curriculum conducted by (Name of Company) for the (model-specific type, e.g., CE-550) identified in Exemption No. xxxxx, as amended.” /s/ [date] J. J. Jones 987654321CFI Exp. 03-31-16”

Thanks for that - makes sense. :)

[Airbubba]

An update from the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

Report: Pilot in Mesquite crash told police he took a swig of vodka

By Rio Lacanlale Las Vegas Review-Journal July 23, 2019 - 6:20 pm

A glassy-eyed Ryan Dashiell, swaying as he spoke to Mesquite police last week, admitted through slurred words to taking a swig of vodka, according to the commercial jet pilot’s arrest report.

Earlier that July 17 evening, however, he had climbed into a twin-engine Cessna 550 aircraft in Pasco, Washington.

Dashiell was headed to Henderson, but by around 6:40 p.m., he was flying over Mesquite, about 100 miles northeast of his destination, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor has said.

At 6:44 p.m., the jet slammed into the runway of the Mesquite Municipal Airport, 1200 Kitty Hawk Drive. And then it erupted into flames.

By the time the large blaze was extinguished, only half of the aircraft was intact. Left behind was a burnt shell of the nose of the jet and the cockpit, where Dashiell would have been sitting.

Three Mercy Air medics later told police that they rushed over to pull Dashiell out from the wreckage after hearing “a loud bang,” and almost immediately after Dashiell had emerged from the jet, the medics “could smell the odor of alcoholic beverage,” according to the Mesquite Police Department arrest report.

Later, Mesquite police officer Ross Stratton watched as first responders evaluated Dashiell at the scene. The pilot could hardly stand up straight without swaying, the report said.“I observed Ryan’s speech to be slow and slurred,” Stratton wrote later in the arrest report. “I observed Ryan’s eyes to be red and glassy.”

After Dashiell’s check-up was completed, Stratton asked the Spokane, Washington, pilot several times if he had anything to drink that evening.

“I don’t drink and fly,” Dashiell told him, according to the report.

Eventually during the questioning, Dashiell suddenly “realized he survived the crash” and told Stratton, “I took a pull on a jug of vodka.”

But Stratton refused to perform a field sobriety test without his lawyer present, at which point he was arrested on one misdemeanor count of flying while under the influence of alcohol and was taken to Mesa View Hospital for a blood draw.

Once at the hospital, the report states, Dashiell “made multiple threatening comments” to police and medical staff when they tried to draw a blood sample.

“Ryan said it would take thirty of us to hold him down for the blood draw,” Stratton wrote in the report, later noting that two vials of blood were eventually drawn around 8:45 p.m.

Mesquite police said last week that Dashiell was set to be booked into the Clark County Detention Center, although it was unclear Tuesday whether he had since been transferred to the county jail.

Court records show a status hearing scheduled for Wednesday morning in Mesquite Justice Court.

[EatMyShorts!]

What a ****, putting shame on the entire industry.