Originally Posted by
BHopper88
It actually happened to the UND CFI that killed himself via nosing a Seminole in the ground in SD. If I remember right it was his second DUI and felt his career was over. Was winter, after a night of drinking he turned the car on for heat and hopped in the back to sleep it off. Cop rolled up and got hit with a DUI. The key was that even if he put the keys under the car, in the trunk, or sat in the back seat with car running, the understanding of it according to my cop friends is that a person still had "access" to the car to drive. Only "safe bet" is to toss the keys into the woods with your back turned and eyes closed. Still just call a cab.
I thought it was this one at E-R:
On September 6, 1998, about 2323 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-44-180, N922ER,
registered to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, crashed on runway 7 left at Daytona Beach
International Airport, Daytona Beach, Florida, while on a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight.
Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft
was destroyed and the commercial-rated pilot was fatally injured. The flight originated from
Daytona Beach, the same day, about 2304.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University personnel stated the pilot was employed as a flight
instructor. At 2249, the pilot attempted to use his issued key to gain access to the Embry-Riddle
flight line. Due to the late hour, the security computer system would not allow him access. The
pilot then climbed the 8-foot, barbed wire topped fence to the flight line and gained unauthorized
access to N922ER.