ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145154
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| Date: | Thursday 19 April 2012 |
| Time: | 12:08 |
| Type: |  Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III |
| Owner/operator: | Lee H Aviation Inc |
| Registration: | N48DL |
| MSN: | 421C0511 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4659 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental GTSIO-520-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gulf of Mexico, approximately 150 miles from Sarasota, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Slidell, LA (ASD) |
| Sarasota, FL (SRQ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to a statement provided by the Jacksonville Center air traffic control (ATC) facility, the pilot contacted ATC while at flight level 270. About 25 minutes later, the airplane began to deviate from the ATC-assigned altitude and route. The controller’s attempts to contact the pilot were unsuccessful. The North American Aerospace Defense Command launched military fighter aircraft to intercept the airplane. The military pilots reported that the airplane was circling in a left turn at a high altitude and low airspeed and that its windows were partially frosted over. They also reported that the pilot was slumped over in the cockpit and not moving. They fired flares, and the pilot continued to be unresponsive. The airplane circled for about 3 hours before it descended into the Gulf of Mexico and sank. The pilot and airplane were not recovered. Review of the pilot’s Federal Aviation Administration medical records did not reveal any recent medical conditions that would have deemed him unfit to fly.
Probable Cause: Pilot incapacitation, which resulted in the pilot’s inability to maintain airplane control and the airplane’s subsequent ocean impact.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
http://www.nycaviation.com/2012/04/gulf-of-mexico-plane-crash-may-have-been-caused-by-pressurization-problems-early-evidence-indicates
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/17585126/pilot-unresponsive-plane-circling-over-gulf-of-mexico
https://abcnews.go.com/US/unresponsive-plane-crashes-gulf-mexico/story?id=16172431_
http://news.lalate.com/2012/04/19/dr-peter-hertzak-dies-in-gulf-of-mexico-plane-crash-coast-guard/
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N48DL/history/20120419/1230Z/KASD/KSRQ
https://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/01_48DL.txt
http://www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/large/000/080/080407.jpg (photo)
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Apr-2012 10:47 | gerard57 | Added |
| 19-Apr-2012 11:14 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Cn] |
| 19-Apr-2012 11:15 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Source] |
| 19-Apr-2012 12:33 | Geno | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 19-Apr-2012 12:36 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 19-Apr-2012 14:27 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 20-Apr-2012 06:02 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Apr-2012 06:13 | RobertMB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Apr-2012 08:33 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Apr-2012 08:35 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 20:37 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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