- Date
- February 20, 1987, 09:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Camp Douglas, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4601VCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870220002959A
- Case key
- 13735
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The passenger rprtd that about 5 min after takeoff, the plt became incapacitated & was no longer able to maintain control of the acft. The non-certificated passenger assumed control. With the assistance (instructions) from an airborne flt instructor & an instructor in the control tower at volk ANG base, the passenger was able to make a landing, but the acft was damaged during the occurrence. A pathological exam revealed there was a complete dissection of ascending aorta, circumferential, 3 cm above the aortic valve with cystic medial necrosis & a subsequent cardiac tamponade.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4601V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG0336
- Airframe hours
- 1
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-F1A6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Clark County Agency, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 5, 1986 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- Y72 · Tomah, WI
- Destination
- SBM · Sheboygan, WI
- Airport
- VOK · Volk Ang Base, runway 27, 9,000 × 150 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,151 total · 869 in this make and model · 1,086 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VOK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.