- Date
- September 7, 1984, 21:30 local (Sep 8, 1984, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Washington, DC
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N460MCDassault/Sud FAN JET Falcon
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840907075609I
- Case key
- 21164
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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
Aprx 1-1/2 hrs after take-off, the capt took sinus medication. Aprx 30 minutes later, he complained of a headache, took tylenol & alka seltzer & went to the cabin to lie down. The capt was incapacitated for the rest of the flt. The coplt & a plt rated pax continued the flt to newark, NJ, where an ambulance stood by to transport the capt to a hospital. The illness was diagnosed as a cerebral hemorrhage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N460MC
- Reported as
- Dassault/Sud FAN JET Falcon (FAN JET FA)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 105
- Engine
- unknown UNK, unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Hinderliter Industries
- Registered owner
- Bank Of Commerce
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- TUL · Tulsa, OK
- Destination
- EWR · Newark, NJ
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,200 total · 15 in this make and model · 5,200 as pilot in command · 145 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.