ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 37321
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Date: | Monday 28 June 1993 |
Time: | 09:45 LT |
Type: | Cessna 210D |
Owner/operator: | Seder, James B. |
Registration: | N3899Y |
MSN: | 21058399 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4606 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-520-A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Salem, MI -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Flint, MI (KFNT) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE MANEUVERING AT LOW ALTITUDE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE IT PITCHED UP ABRUPTLY, ENTERED A STEEP RIGHT BANK AND DESCENDED INTO TERRAIN. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES AND POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION, THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF PREIMPACT AIRFRAME OR ENGINE MALFUNCTION. THE PILOT'S CERTIFICATE HAD BEEN REVOKED IN 1979. HIS MOST RECENT LOGGED FLIGHT WAS A BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW IN NOVEMBER 1974. RECORDS INDICATE THAT THE PILOT HAD A DIABETIC CONDITION WHICH DATED BACK TO 1974. THE AUTOPSY REVEALED: 'OLD ANTEROLATERAL AND POSTERIOR WALL MYOCARDIAL INFARCTS. UP TO 90% OCCLUSIVE CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS.' THE PILOT'S BRIEFCASE CONTAINED ONE BOTTLE GLUCOSTIX, ONE SMALL CAN ORANGE JUICE, AND PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS AS FOLLOWS: CARDIZEM CD (240 MG), VOLTAREN (75 MG), HUMULIN HI310 (10ML), AND VASOTEC (10 MG).
Probable Cause: the pilot's physical impairment.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI93FA234 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year 1 month |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB CHI93FA234
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] |
10-Apr-2024 13:02 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report] |
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