ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145967
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| Date: | Friday 1 June 2012 |
| Time: | 10:59 |
| Type: | Prowler Jaguar (built by Charles R. Westcott) |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N125CW |
| MSN: | 0012 |
| Engine model: | AMA/EXPR Rodeck V8 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Salinas Municipal Airport - KSNS, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Salinas, CA (KSNS) |
| Salinas, CA (KSNS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Witnesses reported that the airplane accelerated down the runway, and immediately after takeoff the nose pitched up, and the airplane stalled, rolled, pitched down, and impacted the ground nose first. A postaccident examination of the flight control surfaces revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
The forensic pathologist who performed the postmortem examination of the pilot reported that the pilot experienced a sudden cardiac event as a result of coronary artery atherosclerosis while piloting the airplane. The cardiac event is commonly associated with sudden unexpected death and would have resulted in incapacitation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inability to maintain airplane control during takeoff due to an incapacitating cardiac event.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jun-2012 01:31 | gerard57 | Added |
| 02-Jun-2012 02:27 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2012 12:04 | tapapesh | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 20:46 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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