ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 150929
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| Date: | Thursday 29 November 2012 |
| Time: | 17:15 |
| Type: |  ERCO 415-C Ercoupe |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N720RC |
| MSN: | 3658 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1159 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental C-75 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Truck Mountain, south Blair, NE -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Scribner, NE (KSCB) |
| Blair, NE (KBTA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Witnesses reported seeing a low-flying airplane strike power lines near an auto dealership parking lot. There was a flash of light, and the airplane descended nose down into some parked trucks. When witnesses reached the airplane, the pilot was already deceased. However, none of the described injuries should have been immediately fatal. According to the autopsy report, the 92-year-old pilot’s death was attributed to severe coronary arteriosclerosis and atherosclerosis (quadruple vessel disease). Arteriosclerosis was noted throughout the main coronary arteries. The pilot most likely lost control of his airplane due to an acute coronary event related to his underlying severe coronary artery disease and that he was dead before the aircraft crashed. Federal Aviation Administration medical records, however, did not describe any coronary disease. The toxicology report did not find any medications associated with treated coronary disease. The pilot’s coronary disease likely was undiagnosed.
Probable Cause: The pilot's loss of control due to physical incapacitation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=720RC&x=0&y=0
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Nov-2012 22:21 | gerard57 | Added |
| 30-Nov-2012 07:45 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 30-Nov-2012 07:46 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 27-Jan-2014 02:48 | Geno | Updated [Time, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 28-Nov-2017 13:55 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jul-2022 17:48 | rvargast17 | Updated [Source, Damage] |
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