ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 39113
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| Date: | Saturday 20 February 1988 |
| Time: | 14:25 |
| Type: |  Taylorcraft BC-12D |
| Owner/operator: | Edward Hart |
| Registration: | N29779 |
| MSN: | 2627 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2493 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Big Spring, TX -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT WAS ON A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT PRACTICING AEROBATIC MANEUVERS IN THE VICINITY OF THE AIRPORT. WITNESSES THOUGHT THE PILOT WAS ENTERING THE PATTERN FOR LANDING AT THE COMPLETION OF THE AEROBATIC PRACTICE. THEY NOTED A POWER REDUCTION AFTER WHICH THE AIRCRAFT ASSUMED AN APPROXIMATE 45 DEGREES NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE THAT CONTINUED UNTIL IT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND. POST MORTEM STUDIES SHOWED MARKED ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, WITH SIGNIFICANT THREE VESSEL CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE. BOTH THE PATHOLOGIST AND THE PARTICIPATING FAA ASSISTANT REGIONAL FLIGHT SURGEON CONSIDERED THAT THE PILOT PROBABLY HAD A SUDDEN SEVERE INFLIGHT INCAPACITATION IN THIS INSTANCE. CAUSE:
Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001213X25074
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] |
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