ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 362312
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| Date: | Tuesday 16 March 1993 |
| Time: | 12:30 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft F33A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N5592A |
| MSN: | CE-434 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1402 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-520-BA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Park, KS -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Omaha, NE (KMLE) |
| North Platte, NE (LBF | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE SEVENTY-THREE YEAR OLD PRIVATE PILOT WAS FLYING ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. FOR REASONS UNKNOWN HE BECAME PHYSICALLY INCAPACITATED. THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED UNTIL IMPACTING THE TERRAIN IN CRUISE FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP AFTER SKIPPING AND SLIDING FOR 1,450 FEET. A HOSPITAL CHECK REVEALED 9% CARBON MONOXIDE IN THE PILOT'S BLOOD; HOWEVER, A POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE AND THE COCKPIT HEAT MUFFLER, FAILED TO REVEAL THE SOURCE OF EXHAUST FUMES ENTERING THE CABIN. THE PILOT SAID HE IS A NON-SMOKER. HE INDICATED THAT HIS LAST MEDICAL CERTIFICATE WAS ISSUED IN 1988.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S PHYSICAL INCAPACITATION FOR REASON OR REASONS UNDETERMINED.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI93LA114
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 17-Mar-2024 19:59 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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