ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 39054
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Date: | Friday 19 July 1991 |
Time: | 15:30 LT |
Type: | Valentin 17E Taifun |
Owner/operator: | Orth, Robert H. |
Registration: | N333VT |
MSN: | 1051 |
Total airframe hrs: | 230 hours |
Engine model: | LIMBACH L-2000-EBIB |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | West Arlington , VT -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Warren, VT (0B7) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE POWERED GLIDER WAS OBSERVED TO MAKE THREE CIRCLES AND THEN DISAPPEAR BEHIND TREES. A CRASH WAS HEARD AND THE WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED IN A WOODED AREA. AN AUTOPSY REVEALED THE PILOT HAD CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, INCLUDING, 'SEVERE CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS WITH THROMBOSIS OF BYPASS GRAFTS.'
Probable Cause: PHYSIOLOGICAL INCAPACITATION DUE TO CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE WHICH RESULTED IN INCAPACITATION AND INFLIGHT COLLISION WITH TREES.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC91DNC03 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 9 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB NYC91DNC03
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] |
11-Apr-2024 13:44 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Accident report] |
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