ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 218678
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| Date: | Tuesday 21 July 2015 |
| Time: | 19:25 |
| Type: |  Luscombe 8E |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N2789K |
| MSN: | 5516 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Perry, OK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Perry, OK (KF22) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The 85-year old pilot was on his third flight of the day. After boarding the airplane, he reported sitting in the airplane for a "lengthy" period of time waiting for an engine start by hand-propping the airplane. He recalled adding full power for takeoff and then "everything went black." He was unable to recall any further details of the event. A witness reported about 400-500 feet from takeoff the airplane veered off the runway, crossed an open area, a closed diagonal runway, a taxiway and ran into a drainage ditch. The witness stated it did not appear the pilot made any control inputs after applying full power. The heat index was 105° F. Based on the information and the extreme heat, it is likely that the pilot blacked out due to heat exhaustion.
Probable Cause: The pilot's incapacitation and subsequent loss of airplane control due to heat exhaustion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 28-Nov-2018 14:43 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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