- Date
- March 16, 1993, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Park, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5592ABeech F33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930316005489A
- Case key
- 15687
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's physical incapacitation for reason or reasons undetermined.
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 seventy-three year old private pilot was flying on a solo cross country flight. For reasons unknown he became physically incapacitated. The airplane descended until impacting the terrain in cruise flight. The airplane came to a stop after skipping and sliding for 1,450 feet. A hospital check revealed 9% carbon monoxide in the pilot's blood; however, a post accident examination of the airplane and the cockpit heat muffler, failed to reveal the source of exhaust fumes entering the cabin. The pilot said he is a non-smoker. He indicated that his last medical certificate was issued in 1988.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5592A
- Reported as
- Beech F33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CE-434
- Airframe hours
- 1,402
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Niehus, William B.
- Registered owner
- Niehus, William B.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 17, 1992 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- MLE · Omaha, NE
- Destination
- LBF · North Platte, NE
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 73
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,700 total · 1,600 in this make and model · 2,600 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 10° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HLC, 35 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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