# NTSB DEN87IA058: Beech 58, N328WT, Colorado Spring, CO, February 18, 1987

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Fatal · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: February 18, 1987, 13:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Location: 38.8339° N, 104.8214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colorado Springs, CO, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8339&lon=-104.8214&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17136
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN87IA058
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17136/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87IA058

## Sequence of events

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

- Miscellaneous/other, cruise - normal
  - incapacitation(cardiovascular), pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PIC BECAME UNCONSCIOUS WHILE AT THE CONTROLS DURING CRUISE. THE CO-OWNER OF THE ACFT, A RATED PILOT WHO WAS IN THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT, TOOK CONTROL AND DIVERTED TO A NEARBY APT. THE PIC WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DOA. AN AUTOPSY WAS NOT PERFORMED BUT THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN SAID THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS A HEART ATTACK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N328WT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TH-458
- Airframe hours: 3900
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Aero Charter
- Registered owner: Jmr Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, November 21, 1986, 62 hours before
- Departed: ASE, ASPEN, CO
- Destination: STL, ST LOUIS, MO
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; 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: 35,000 total, 450 in this make and model, 34,500 as pilot in command, 200 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 5 statute miles

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870218040769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870218040769A), Feb 18, 1987: Beech 58, Colorado Spring, CO, 1 fatal. The pilot suffered a fatal heart attack en route. The co owner pilot returned the aircraft to the departure airport

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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