ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276991
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| Date: | Thursday 31 March 2022 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: |  Mooney M20E Chaparral |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N21BS |
| MSN: | 21-1173 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3948 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kerrville Municipal Airport (ERV/KERV), Kerrville, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Kerrville Airport, TX (ERV/KERV) |
| Kerrville Airport, TX (ERV/KERV) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After a local flight, the airplane landed, and a witness saw the airplane taxi over a grass covered area and then onto the ramp at a higher-than-normal speed. The airplane struck a parked airplane, and the left wing became wedged underneath the empennage of the parked airplane. Airport personnel responded and discovered that the pilot was slumped over the flight controls and unresponsive. Emergency responders attempted CPR, but the pilot did not recover and was transported to a hospital where he was declared deceased.
The airplane’s left wing sustained substantial damage. Examination of the airplane’s flight control, brake systems, and related systems did not reveal any mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operations.
The pilot’s cause of death was atherosclerotic and hypertensive cardiovascular disease in association with obesity; the manner of death was reported as natural. There was significant cardiovascular disease identified by the autopsy without evidence of significant trauma. His cardiovascular conditions placed him at increased risk for a sudden cardiac event. Given the medical findings and the circumstances of this accident, it is likely that the pilot’s incapacitation from a sudden cardiac event caused the accident.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s sudden cardiac event, which resulted in incapacitation, uncontrolled taxi after landing, and collision with a stationary parked airplane.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104866
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N21BS
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N21BS/history/20220331/1606Z/KERV/KERV
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a1b753&lat=29.976&lon=-99.084&zoom=16.8&showTrace=2022-03-31
https://friendshipflight.com/img/friendship-flight-1990-transatlantic-main-1170x1170.jpg (photo)
Location
Images:
Photo: NTSB
Media:
NTSB is investigating the March 31, 2022, crash of a Mooney M20E near Kerrville, Texas.
— NTSB Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) April 1, 2022
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Apr-2022 08:09 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 01-Apr-2022 13:21 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 01-Apr-2022 13:26 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 01-Apr-2022 13:49 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 01-Apr-2022 19:04 | AgOps | Updated [Source] |
| 02-Apr-2022 11:59 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2022 12:40 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Source, Category] |
| 20-Apr-2022 06:47 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2022 20:18 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 08-Feb-2024 20:41 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative, Accident report, Photo] |
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