- Date
- August 17, 1991, 07:03 local (11:03 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Myers, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 17 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3155British Aerospace BA-3100
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910817054289I
- Case key
- 32774
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Probable cause
The physiological incapacitation of the captain and his loss of consciousness due to a syncopal pleural event.
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
While climbing through 11,000 ft MSL the captain lost consciousness and the first officer took control of the airplane and executed a precautionary landing to an airport short of the destination. During the descent the first officer administered oxygen to the captain and he recovered. Medical examinations and tests revealed that the captain did not have systemic medical problems and the flight surgeon stated the loss of consciousness was most likely due to a syncopal pleural event.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3155
- Reported as
- British Aerospace BA-3100
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 902
- Engine
- Unknown UNKNOWN, turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 125
- Operator
- Pan Express
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- SRQ · Sarasota, FL
- Destination
- MIA · Miami, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- UNK · Unknown
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,400 total · 400 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 20 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.