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FAA incident report · Cessna 172P · London, KY · August 4, 2010

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Date
August 4, 2010 · 15:14 local
Place
London, KY
Airport
London-Corbin Airport-Magee Fld
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N96626
Reported as
Cessna 172P
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,705 total1,900 in this make and model46 in the last 90 days
N96626Registered now · Cessna 172PS/N 17276097 · Built 1984Airframe modelCessna 172PEngine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Mr. Walter h. binkley, pilot in command of a civil air patrol flight with privacy data omitted, a passenger peforming observer/communication duties: the flight operation was being conducted in an approximate 25 nautical mile radius of London, KY (loz) at 10, 000 to 11,000 ft. altitude. After approximately two and one half hours of flight, Mr. Binkley became unconscious. privacy data omitted That the aircraft pitched nose up, then nose down and entered into a left turn. privacy data omitted Took control of the aircraft, leveled the aircraft in flight, then flew to loz and made a landing without incident. privacy data omitted Does not hold an FAA pilot certificate, but is a former student pilot with approximately 55 hours of flight training. Mr. Binkley states that after a little over two hours of flight, he was communicating with air traffic control (zid), and his next recollection was being in an ambulance on the way to the hospital at London, KY. Mr. Binkley and privacy data omitted were the only persons on board the aircraft. There were no injuries and no damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

MR. WALTER H. BINKLEY, PILOT IN COMMAND OF A CIVIL AIR PATROL FLIGHT WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A PASSENGER PEFORMING OBSERVER/COMMUNICATION DUTIES: THE FLIGHT OPERATION WAS BEING CONDUCTED IN AN APPROXIMATE 25 NAUTICAL MILE RADIUS OF LONDON, KY (LOZ) AT 10, 000 TO 11,000 FT. ALTITUDE. AFTER APPROXIMATELY TWO AND ONE HALF HOURS OF FLIGHT, MR. BINKLEY BECAME UNCONSCIOUS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THAT THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED NOSE UP, THEN NOSE DOWN AND ENTERED INTO A LEFT TURN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, LEVELED THE AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT, THEN FLEW TO LOZ AND MADE A LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DOES NOT HOLD AN FAA PILOT CERTIFICATE, BUT IS A FORMER STUDENT PILOT WITH APPROXIMATELY 55 HOURS OF FLIGHT TRAINING. MR. BINKLEY STATES THAT AFTER A LITTLE OVER TWO HOURS OF FLIGHT, HE WAS COMMUNICATING WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ZID), AND HIS NEXT RECOLLECTION WAS BEING IN AN AMBULANCE ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL AT LONDON, KY. MR. BINKLEY AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WERE THE ONLY PERSONS ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.