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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-823 · Colorado Spring, CO · November 9, 2004

Date
November 9, 2004 · 09:57 local
Place
Colorado Spring, CO
Airport
City Of Colorado Springs Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Aircraft
N958AN
Reported as
Boeing 737823
Fatal injuries
0

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.

(-23) Approximately 68 miles east from the alamosa VOR, the fo experienced a medical problem and became incapacitated. The PIC called for help from the flight crew. The fo was removed from the cockpit. The aircraft diverted to cos and landed on runway 17R without further incident. The passenger in seat 18C was an air force test pilot and assisted the PIC for the remaining flight to cos. No change to the transponder squawk, no equipment was dispatched to the runway for the arrival into cos. There was a registered nurse on board the aircraft and oxygen was used by the fo and the medical kit and first aid kit were both used. The first flight attendant was privacy data omitted the fo was taken to the cos memorial hospital. Injury summary not known by ASI.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) APPROXIMATELY 68 MILES EAST FROM THE ALAMOSA VOR, THE FO EXPERIENCED A MEDICAL PROBLEM AND BECAME INCAPACITATED. THE PIC CALLED FOR HELP FROM THE FLIGHT CREW. THE FO WAS REMOVED FROM THE COCKPIT. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO COS AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 17R WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE PASSENGER IN SEAT 18C WAS AN AIR FORCE TEST PILOT AND ASSISTED THE PIC FOR THE REMAINING FLIGHT TO COS. NO CHANGE TO THE TRANSPONDER SQUAWK, NO EQUIPMENT WAS DISPATCHED TO THE RUNWAY FOR THE ARRIVAL INTO COS. THERE WAS A REGISTERED NURSE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AND OXYGEN WAS USED BY THE FO AND THE MEDICAL KIT AND FIRST AID KIT WERE BOTH USED. THE FIRST FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE FO WAS TAKEN TO THE COS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. INJURY SUMMARY NOT KNOWN BY ASI.