# NTSB DEN85IA068: Boeing 737-291, N7343F, Steamboat Sprin, CO, January 23, 1985

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: January 23, 1985, 14:25 local (21:25 UTC)
- Place: Steamboat Sprin, CO
- Coordinates: 40.470798, -106.820884 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4708&lon=-106.8209&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 107 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16582
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN85IA068
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16582/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85IA068

## Sequence of events

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

- Miscellaneous/other, descent
  - incapacitation, pilot in command (cause)
  - incapacitation(loss of consciousness), pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE FROM OAKLAND, CAPT INDICATED HE DID NOT FEEL WELL. DURING THE DESCENT INTO DEN, THE CAPT PASSED OUT FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. HE WAS REVIVED WITH OXYGEN ADMINISTERED BY A FLT ATTENDANT. F/O MADE LANDING AND CAPT TAXIED TO THE GATE. CAPT WAS EXAMINED AND A REASON FOR UNCONSCIOUSNESS COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7343F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-291
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: P&W JT8D-9 14500 lbs thrust turbo jet
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Registered owner: Frontier Holding Company
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: OAK, OAKLAND, CA
- Destination: DEN, DENVER, CO
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 21,000 total, 5,043 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

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

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