# Accident 19950624020569A: Amtr LANCAIR, Marengo, IL, June 24, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1995, 12:30 local time
- Place: Marengo, IL
- Airport: Kessler Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8694° N, 87.8900° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8694&lon=-87.8900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3118J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3118J-2013-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cocchi Armand A LANCAIR 320 (registry code 05620RH, https://openairdocs.org/model/cocchi-armand-a-lancair-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR
- Reported engine: LYC O360C2E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,040 total, 39 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI95FA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95FA200) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950624020569A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

SUFFERED HEART ATTACK ON CLIMBOUT. IMPACTED INTO A CREEK. SEVERE CORONARY OBSTRUCTION AND ENLARGED HEART. (-23) ON JUNE 24, 1995 AT 1230 CDT LANCAIR 320, N3118J, PILOTED BY PIC ARMAND ANTHONY COCCHI WITH NO PASSENGERS ON BOARD LOST CONTROL OF N3118J AFTER DEPARTURE FROM ROSE FARM AIRPORT, MARENGO, IL THE ACCIDENT WAS FATAL TO THE PILOT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI95FA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95FA200), Jun 24, 1995: Cocchi Lancair 320 (N3118J), Marengo, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: pilot incapacitation due to cardiac arrhythmia (heart attack).

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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