- Date
- April 5, 1990, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Romeo, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9829RBeech M35
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900405007729A
- Case key
- 14527
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Probable cause
A loss of control due to physical incapacitation (heart attack).
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 pilot reported that he was on a base leg for rwy 33, and that he saw a twin Cessna holding on rwy 36. No further transmissions were received. The airplane crashed 1/4 mi from the approach end of rwy 33. Pilot's autopsy revealed that he suffered from FAR advanced calcific atheromatosis of the coronary arteries, and had a recent occlusive thrombosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery. He had a history of cardiac arrhythmia.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9829R
- Reported as
- Beech M35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-6315
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-C, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John E. Singer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CVG · Cincinnati, OH
- Airport
- D98 · Romeo, runway 33, 4,850 × 50 ft
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 550 total · 50 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,400 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.