- Date
- December 5, 1987, 17:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Marion, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7533GCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871205070519A
- Case key
- 13905
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Analysis
Pilot in command suffered a fatal heart attack. His wife, a private pilot, attempted to land the aircraft, lost control on landing roll and struck a runway light.
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.
Miscellaneous/other
Incapacitation(cardiovascular)Cause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - runway light
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7533G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074691
- Airframe hours
- 3,937
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Horace Lyon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 25, 1987 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- K07 · Rolla, MO
- Airport
- MWA · Williamson County Region, runway 20, 6,502 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 197 total · 197 in this make and model · 171 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MWA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.