ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 39211
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| Date: | Sunday 21 November 1999 |
| Time: | 11:15 LT |
| Type: |  Ted Smith Aerostar 600 |
| Owner/operator: | Walter L. Cecil |
| Registration: | N97CC |
| MSN: | 600154068 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4199 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming TIO-540 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sea near Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fullerton, CA (KFUL) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot/owner was performing a post maintenance check flight about 20 miles off shore. He was receiving visual flight advisories from a terminal radar approach facility while in level flight about 4,900 feet msl. Subsequently, the airplane started slowing then descending in a right spiral, and radar contact was lost about 1,000 feet msl. The pilot's body was recovered from the ocean. According to the autopsy report, the pilot had experienced sudden cardiac death secondary to an acute myocardial infarction due to atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. Tramadol, a painkiller not approved by the FAA for flight, was detected in a drug screen and may have masked the chest pain.
Probable Cause: The pilot's in-flight loss of control due to physical incapacitation from sudden cardiac death secondary to an acute myocardial infarction.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX00LA038
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Jun-2013 01:58 | JINX | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 14-Dec-2017 09:46 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jul-2023 03:27 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
| 07-Apr-2024 16:51 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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