- Date
- April 11, 1988, 09:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place
- Bloomington, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N332BAFairchild SA-226-TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880411009579A
- Case key
- 13993
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Probable cause
Physical incapacitation due to an organic pathogen. Contributing factors are anxiety and self-induced pressure.
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
Procedures/directives - not followedCause
Incapacitation(loss of consciousness)
Incapacitation(organic problem)Cause
Anxiety/apprehensionFactor
Self-induced pressureFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N332BA
- Reported as
- Fairchild SA-226-TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-222E
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331, 940 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Britt Airways, doing business as Continental Express
- Registered owner
- Britt Airways, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SPI · Springfield, IL
- Destination
- CGX · Chicago, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BMI · Bloomington/Normal
N332BARegistration cancelled Aug 27, 2013 · Swearingen SA226TCAirframe modelSwearingen SA226TCEngine modelAiResearch TPE331 series
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
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,548 total · 913 in this make and model · 1,384 as pilot in command · 209 in the last 90 days · 81 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 25 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BMI, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N332BA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.