- Date
- November 27, 1986, 11:02 local (16:02 UTC)
- Place
- Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5WEBeech BE-95-55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861127062249I
- Case key
- 31787
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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
The private pilot suffered a massive heart attack in cruise flight shortly after take-off. The pilots wife who held an expired private pilots certificate took over and landed successfully. The pilot was pronounced deceased upon arrival at a local hospital. No record of any pre-existing known condition was found during interviews with relatives and friends. The autopsy revealed evidence of a previous myacardial infarction. Severe narrowing of the cardiovascular arteries and emphysema.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5WE
- Reported as
- Beech BE-95-55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-1577
- Airframe hours
- 4,800
- Engine
- Continental IO-520E, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sol Fuchs
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FLL · Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Destination
- X28 · New Port Richey, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- FLL · Ft. Lauderdale
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 7,855 total · 4,600 in this make and model · 7,620 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.