ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 220791
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| Date: | Sunday 13 January 2019 |
| Time: | 14:25 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-181 Archer II |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N75191 |
| MSN: | 28-7690310 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A4M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | McCook County, Union Township, SD -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Mitchell, SD (MHE) |
| Tea, SD (Y14) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
About 15 minutes after departing on a cross-country flight in day visual meteorological conditions, the pilot contacted air traffic control to report that he was having chest pain and blacking out, and was having difficulty controlling the airplane. The controller continued to communicate with the pilot for about 20 minutes before radio contact was lost. The wreckage was subsequently located in a field. Examination did not reveal any preimpact anomalies that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane.
The pilot's Federal Aviation Administration medical certificate expired about 10 weeks before the accident. He had begun but not completed the requirements for operation under BasicMed. Autopsy of the pilot identified coronary artery disease including 80% stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery and 50% stenosis of the right coronary artery and diagnosed an acute myocardial infarction (heart attack). It is likely that the sudden, impairing effects of the heart attack and associated severe chest pain resulted in the pilot's loss of airplane control while attempting to land in a field, and its subsequent impact with terrain.
Probable Cause: The incapacitating effects of an acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), which resulted in the pilot's loss of airplane control and impact with terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=75191
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jan-2019 00:02 | Geno | Added |
| 14-Jan-2019 12:15 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 15-Jan-2019 02:54 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Embed code] |
| 23-Apr-2020 09:37 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 23-Apr-2020 19:47 | harro | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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