# Incident 19971014046729I: Doug DC863, Jacksonville, FL, October 14, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1997, 07:05 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Jacksonville International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RRXA
- Location: 30.4940° N, 81.6878° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACKSONVILLE INTL (JAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4940&lon=-81.6878&mi=10
- Aircraft: N964R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N964R-2002-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-63 (registry code 302198B, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-8-63) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC863
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971014046729I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CREWMEMBER FLIGHT ENGINEER JOHN HICKMAN EXPERIENCED CHEST PAINS ABOARD EMERY WORLDWIDE AIRLINES, INC., FLIGHT 228 ON OCTOBER 14, 1997 ENROUTE FROM DAYTON, OH TO ORLANDO, FL. THE CREW SUSPECTED A HEART ATTACK AND DIVERTED TO JACKSONVILLE, FL LANDING AT 0705. THE FLIGHT WAS MET BY THE PARAMEDICS AND TRANSPORTED FE HICKMAN TO BAPTIST HOSPITAL IN JACKSONVILLE, FL. OCTOBER 23, 1997, FE JOHN HICKMAN WAS RELEASED TO FULL DUTY AS A FLIGHT ENGINEER BY DR. TRUETT JARRARD, JR. M.D., AN AVIATION MEDICAL EXAMINER, AME 12140-4 WHO CONFERRED WITH DR. WALTER DAVIS, M.D., FAA ASO-300. DR. JARRARD STATES THAT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF HEART DISEASE AND FE HICKMAN'S MEDICAL CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED WITHOUT LIMITATIONS.

## Other reports on N964R (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19941101046959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941101046959I), Nov 1, 1994: Doug DC863 (N964R), Detroit, MI, Minor damage. Ran into starty cart after starting engine without setting parking brake.
- [Incident 19861113079889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861113079889I), Nov 13, 1986: Doug DC863 (N964R), Ft Lauderdale, FL. Aircraft was taxied at the direction of a marshaller onto unstressed pavement. Damge to pavement only.

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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