ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 361380
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| Date: | Thursday 2 September 1993 |
| Time: | 12:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna A185F |
| Owner/operator: | Sea Air Service, Inc. |
| Registration: | N6279E |
| MSN: | 18504019 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4198 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-520-D34 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Pilottown, LA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE AIR TAXI PILOT LANDED ON A RIVER AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS DISEMBARKED. THE AIRPLANE'S OWNER FLEW OVER THE RIVER AND SAW THE PILOT WAVE AT HIM. THE OWNER THEN OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE WATER TAXIING SLOWLY ACROSS THE RIVER. THE OWNER FLEW LOW OVER THE RIVER, OBSERVED THE PILOT SLUMPED OVER THE CONTROLS, AND WATCHED AS THE AIRPLANE TAXIED INTO THE RIVER BANK. THE OWNER LANDED AND FOUND THE PILOT WAS NOT BREATHING AND HAD NO PULSE. THE PILOT WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT A NEARBY HOSPITAL. AUTOPSY PROTOCOL ATTRIBUTED DEATH TO 'ACUTE CORONARY INSUFFICIENCY DUE TO ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCVLAR DISEASE AND ABNORMAL CORONARY ARTERY DISTRIBUTION.'
Probable Cause: THE PILOT IN COMMAND BECOMING PHYSICALLY INCAPACITATED (HEART ATTACK).
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW93IA250
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 16-Mar-2024 17:52 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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