# NTSB ATL84IA137: Piper PA-34-200T, N2827U, Parkersburg, WV, March 30, 1984

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Fatal · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: March 30, 1984, 14:02 local (19:02 UTC)
- Place: Parkersburg, WV
- Coordinates: 39.260684, -81.539611 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2607&lon=-81.5396&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6350
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84IA137
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6350/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84IA137

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Miscellaneous/other, taxi - from landing
  - aircraft handling - not possible
  - incapacitation(cardiovascular), pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

AFTER AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING DUE TO THE CONDITION OF A PATIENT ABOARD THE ACFT, THE ACFT TURNED OFF A TAXIWAY INTO THE GRASS AND STOPPED. RESCUE PERSONNEL FOUND THE PLT INCAPACITATED FROM A HEART ATTACK AND COLLAPSED OVER THE CONTROLS AND THE NURSE ADMINISTERING CPR TO THE PATIENT. BOTH THE PLT AND PATIENT EXPIRED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2827U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2827U-1992-06-30), registration cancelled 1992-06-30, S/N 347970264 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- Registry model: [Piper PA-34-200T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (registry code 7103406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34-7970264
- Airframe hours: 1829
- Engines: CONTINENTAL LTSIO-360-EB 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Carroll'S Air Charter Service
- Registered owner: W.R. Arthur
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 7, 1984, 17 hours before
- Departed: CRW, CHARLESTON, WV
- Destination: NORTH BAY, OF
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: PKB, Gill Robb Wilson Field

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 66; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,400 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 3,200 as pilot in command, 60 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 12 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 46 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PKB

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19840330028499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840330028499I), Mar 30, 1984: Piper PA34200T, Parkersburg, WV. Pilot collapsed after landing. Had fatal heart attack.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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