ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 39707
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| Date: | 20-JUL-1998 |
| Time: | 14:24 |
| Type: |  Glasair II FT |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | N31066 |
| C/n / msn: | 1001 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Vernonia, OR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Tillamook, OR (S47) |
| Kelso, WA (KLS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
The pilot departed about 1030 on a 57-nautical-mile visual flight rules (VFR) flight, and failed to arrive at his destination. The wreckage of the aircraft was discovered about 1424 by a private landowner approximately 37 nautical miles from the departure airport, generally on the direct route from the departure point to the destination. The pilot was dead at the scene. The aircraft had impacted into a tree farm at approximately a 20- to 40-degree impact angle on a southeasterly track (the direct route from the departure point to the destination is northeasterly), and its nose section had separated during the impact sequence. Examinations of the wreckage disclosed no conclusive evidence of pre-impact mechanical problems with the aircraft. Autopsy of the pilot, who held a valid and current FAA third-class medical certificate, disclosed arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease as a contributing cause of death, with focal severe (greater than 90% occlusion) left anterior descending coronary artery atherosclerosis. It could not be conclusively established that the pilot had become incapacitated inflight. CAUSE: A loss of aircraft control for undetermined reasons.
Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001211X10725
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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