ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 279025
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| Date: | Sunday 5 June 2022 |
| Time: | 16:30 |
| Type: | Schweizer SGS 1-35C |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N2817H |
| MSN: | 77 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near TSA Gliderport (TA11), Midlothian, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | TSA Gliderport, TX (TA11) |
| TSA Gliderport, TX (TA11) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On June 5, 2022, about 1630 central daylight time, a Schweizer SGS135C glider, N2817H, was undamaged when the pilot was found deceased after a landing near Midlothian, Texas. The glider was operated under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight.
The pilot was found deceased in the undamaged glider following a landing to a field near the airport. Postaccident examination revealed an improperly secured aileron connection; however, despite being partially unseated, the ailerons clevis pin remained seated adequately to facilitate operation of the aileron. No other anomalies were detected with the airframe that would have precluded normal operation. Autopsy revealed that the pilot’s cause of death was aortic dissection associated with hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, with blunt force injury contributing.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s incapacitation by an aortic dissection (natural disease).
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105185
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=2817H
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Photo: NTSB
Media:
The NTSB is investigating the crash Sunday of a Schweizer SGS 1-35C in Midlothian, Texas.
— NTSB Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) June 6, 2022
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jun-2022 01:55 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 06-Jun-2022 07:04 | harro | Updated [Country, Embed code] |
| 06-Jun-2022 13:20 | Captain Adam | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2022 18:54 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative, Category, Photo] |
| 11-Nov-2023 23:20 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative, Accident report] |
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