# Incident 20010308005179I: Boeing 757251, O'Neill, NE, March 8, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2001, 13:00 local time
- Place: O'Neill, NE
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 42.4615° N, 98.6470° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of O'Neill, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4615&lon=-98.6470&mi=10
- Aircraft: N526US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N526US-2017-07-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-251 (registry code 1384970, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757251
- Reported engine: PWA PW2037
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,255 total, 2,041 in this make and model, 179 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010308005179I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT FL310 DURING A CONVERSATION, THE CAPTAIN APPEARED TO "FALL ASLEEP". HE EXHIBITED LABORED BREATHING, RIGID ARM MUSCLES AND SOME "MINOR CONVULSIONS". HE CAME TO AFTER 20-30 SECONDS, WITH INITIAL DISORIENTATION AND "PROFUSE" SWEATING, BUT FELT FINE AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES.AFTER A SHORT DISCUSSION, THE CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO MSP. THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL WITH THE FIRST OFFICER THE PILOT FLYING AND THE CAPTAIN THE PILOT WAS NOT FLYING. A 737 FIRST OFFICER FROM ANOTHER AIRLINE WAS BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE JUMP SEAT TO ASSIST WITH MONITORING THE RADIO AND TO BE AVAILABLE IF NEEDED.

## Other reports on N526US (1)

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

- [Incident 19901001051339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901001051339I), Oct 1, 1990: Boeing 757251 (N526US), Fargo, ND, Minor damage. Experienced a bird strike during the takeoff roll. Aborted takeoff successfully.

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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