# NTSB MIA91FA085: Parker Warren Whittman Formula VEE, N24PW, Pompano Beach, FL, February 23, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: February 23, 1991, 11:52 local (16:52 UTC)
- Place: Pompano Beach, FL
- Coordinates: 26.229433, -80.130279 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2294&lon=-80.1303&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 25, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32745
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA91FA085
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32745/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91FA085

## Probable cause

THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S IN FLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO INCAPACITATION RESULTING FROM UNDERLYING SEVERE HEART DISEASE.  CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S NOT REPORTING THE HISTORY OF HYPERTENSION AND HEART PROBLEMS DURING HIS FAA MEDICAL EXAMINATION.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, climb
  - aircraft handling - not possible, pilot in command (cause)
  - incapacitation(other cardiovascular), pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - grass

## Analysis

DURING CROSSWIND TURN AFTER TAKEOFF A RADIO CALL WAS RECEIVED FROM THE PILOT IN WHICH THE PILOT IN A STRAINED VOICE CALLED PART OF THE REG. NUMBER AND THEN CEASED TRANSMITTING ABRUPTLY.  WITNESSES SAW RUDDER GO FULL LEFT AT THIS TIME AND ENG. INCREASE AND DECREASE IN POWER.  ACFT THEN ENTERED DESCENDING LEFT TURN WITH ACFT PITCH 45 DEGREES NOSE LOW. WINGS AND PITCH LEVELED AND ENGINE POWER INCREASED AS ACFT IMPACTED GROUND FLAT. POST CRASH EXAM. OF ACFT REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF FAILURE IN STRUCTURE, FLT. CONTROLS, AND ENG. POST MORTEM EXAM REVEALED PLT HAD SEVERE HEART DISEASE AND THE MEDICAL EXAMINER STATED PLT MOST LIKELY SUFFERED VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION WHICH WOULD ALLOW ONLY 10 SECONDS OF CONSCIOUSNESS AFTER ATTACK. PLT HAD BEEN TREATED FOR HYPERTENSION AND ANGINA FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND DID NOT DECLARE THIS ON FAA MEDICAL APPLICATION.  POST MORTEM TOX. TESTING INDICATED PLT WAS NOT TAKING HYPERTENSION MEDICATION PRESCRIBED BY DOCTOR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N24PW](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24PW-1991-07-12), registration cancelled 1991-07-12, S/N 24 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PARKER WARREN WHITTMAN FORMULA VEE (WHITTMAN F)
- Registry model: [Warren WITTMAN FORM. VEE](https://openairdocs.org/model/warren-wittman-form-vee) (registry code 9790705) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 24
- Airframe hours: 77
- Engines: Volkswagen 1600 58 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Parker A. Warren
- Registered owner: Parker A. Warren
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, September 15, 1990, 2 hours before
- Airport: PMP, Pompano Beach Airpark, runway 14, 4,420 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: front; toxicology performed; flight hours: 904 total, 77 in this make and model, 792 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 11 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PMP, 1 nm away

## 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 19910223003319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910223003319A), Feb 23, 1991: Amtrwt WITTSV, Pompano Beach, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Lost control turning crosswind,stalled,recovered and impacted flat. Possible heart attack.

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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