- Date
- September 2, 1991, 19:00 local (Sep 3, 1991, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Algonquin, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5035JBellanca 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910902037369A
- Case key
- 15174
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Probable cause
Incapacitation of the pilot due to a 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 accident airplane, flown by a non pilot passenger, collided with crops and nosed over during a landing attempt at a private landing strip. The flight originated at the private landing strip and the passenger assumed control of the airplane after the pilot/owner became unconscious and slumped over the controls during initial climb. The passenger maneuvered the airplane back to the airstrip and landed the airplane on the runway. The airplane swerved off the runway during the landing roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5035J
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1285-79
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Howard Redeker
- Airport
- UNK · Unk
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- DPA, 18 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.