# NTSB MIA85IA099: Cessna 402C, N6789X, W.Palm Beach, FL, February 19, 1985

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: February 18, 1985, 20:50 local (Feb 19, 1985, 01:50 UTC)
- Place: W.Palm Beach, FL
- Coordinates: 26.659973, -80.089927 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6600&lon=-80.0899&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 7 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31281
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA85IA099
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31281/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85IA099

## Sequence of events

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

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

## Analysis

WHILE DESCENDING FOR LANDING PASSENGERS NOTICED PILOT HAD SLUMPED OVER IN HIS SEAT AND WAS UNCONSCIOUS. THE PILOT WAS REVIVED AFTER APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE PILOT SUBMITTED HIMSELF FOR MEDICAL EXAMINATION AFTER THE INCIDENT, BUT NO MEDICAL REASON FOR THE LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS COULD BE DETERMINED. THE PILOT DID STATE HE HAD BEEN SUFFERING FLU SYPTOMS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6789X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 402CO440
- Airframe hours: 1845
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520VB 325 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Gull Air
- Registered owner: Allan F. Jones
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: AAIP, February 17, 1985, 5 hours before
- Departed: MYGF, FREEPORT, OF
- Destination: PBI, WEST PALM BCH, FL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: W. Palm International

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 5,800 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 5,700 as pilot in command, 258 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 80° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PBI

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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