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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 757-222 · Boston, MA · April 29, 1995

Date: April 29, 1995 · 06:38 local
Place: Boston, MA
Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: UALA
Aircraft: N542UA
Reported as: Boeing 757222
People aboard: 103
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 16,819 total1,572 in this make and model143 in the last 90 days

N542UARegistration cancelled Mar 15, 2013 · Boeing 757-222S/N 25276 · Built 1991 Airframe modelBoeing 757-222 Engine modelPratt & Whitney PW2040Turbo-fan

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: flight 18 operated normally from lax to the terminal area west of Boston. The captain was flying the aircraft; the flight was issued a heading from ATC when the first officer noticed the captain failed to respond. When questioned, the first officer received no response from the captain, who then suffered a seizure. The first officer notified the flight attendant who enlisted the aid of two doctors on board. The first officer assumed control of the aircraft and the captain was removed from his seat. Emergency medical technicians met the flight and the captain was taken to an area hospital where he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. This incident is closed. Regional aviation medical division has been notified.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: FLIGHT 18 OPERATED NORMALLY FROM LAX TO THE TERMINAL AREA WEST OF BOSTON. THE CAPTAIN WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT; THE FLIGHT WAS ISSUED A HEADING FROM ATC WHEN THE FIRST OFFICER NOTICED THE CAPTAIN FAILED TO RESPOND. WHEN QUESTIONED, THE FIRST OFFICER RECEIVED NO RESPONSE FROM THE CAPTAIN, WHO THEN SUFFERED A SEIZURE. THE FIRST OFFICER NOTIFIED THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WHO ENLISTED THE AID OF TWO DOCTORS ON BOARD. THE FIRST OFFICER ASSUMED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE CAPTAIN WAS REMOVED FROM HIS SEAT. EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS MET THE FLIGHT AND THE CAPTAIN WAS TAKEN TO AN AREA HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BRAIN TUMOR. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED. REGIONAL AVIATION MEDICAL DIVISION HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.