# NTSB CHI88DEV01: Cessna 150L, N7533G, Marion, IL, December 5, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: December 5, 1987, 17:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place: Marion, IL
- Coordinates: 37.730384, -88.939979 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7304&lon=-88.9400&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 27, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13905
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88DEV01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13905/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88DEV01

## 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

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

- Miscellaneous/other, cruise - normal
  - incapacitation(cardiovascular), pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot passenger (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - runway light

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7533G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7533G), registered now, S/N 15074691 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15074691
- Airframe hours: 3937
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19871205070519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871205070519A), Dec 5, 1987: Cessna 150L, Marion, IL, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Pilot died of a heart attack en route. Passenger landed aircraft. Departed runway. Gear collasped. Runway light hit

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

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