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
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(-23) The pilot-in-command of N39650 and his wife, were flying on a VFR flight from chicago's midway airport to millington, Tennessee at 12,500 feet when the pilot experienced an inability to speak and a sense of incapacitation. The pilot and his wife have stated that he never lost consciousness during the incident, but he placed the aircraft on autopilot while his wife used the radio to call ATC for assistance. The decision was made by the pilot to land at the nearest airport and a descent was made into Carbondale, Illinois. The pilot was able to operate and land the aircraft without incident and taxied to the ramp where an ambulance transported him to a local area hospital for observation. The pilot was later transported by EMS helicopter to st. louis university hospital for further testing. Nothing further was medically determined to have caused the incident and the pilot was released from the hospital April 16, 2007 and returned home via automobile. This incident is closed with this report.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF N39650 AND HIS WIFE, WERE FLYING ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM CHICAGO'S MIDWAY AIRPORT TO MILLINGTON, TENNESSEE AT 12,500 FEET WHEN THE PILOT EXPERIENCED AN INABILITY TO SPEAK AND A SENSE OF INCAPACITATION. THE PILOT AND HIS WIFE HAVE STATED THAT HE NEVER LOST CONSCIOUSNESS DURING THE INCIDENT, BUT HE PLACED THE AIRCRAFT ON AUTOPILOT WHILE HIS WIFE USED THE RADIO TO CALL ATC FOR ASSISTANCE. THE DECISION WAS MADE BY THE PILOT TO LAND AT THE NEAREST AIRPORT AND A DESCENT WAS MADE INTO CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO OPERATE AND LAND THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP WHERE AN AMBULANCE TRANSPORTED HIM TO A LOCAL AREA HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION. THE PILOT WAS LATER TRANSPORTED BY EMS HELICOPTER TO ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER TESTING. NOTHING FURTHER WAS MEDICALLY DETERMINED TO HAVE CAUSED THE INCIDENT AND THE PILOT WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL APRIL 16, 2007 AND RETURNED HOME VIA AUTOMOBILE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.
Other reports on N39650 · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.