- Date
- July 2, 1985, 08:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Boston, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 52 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N968BJDouglas DC-9
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 35585
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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.
Miscellaneous/other
Physical impairment(cardiovascular)Cause
Analysis
The acft was climbing out of 10000 ft, shortly after tkf, when the PIC lost consciousness. The copilot took control of the flight and returned to Boston where a lndg occured without incident. Medical examination of the PIC revealed that he suffered a heart attack.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N968BJ
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 963
- Engine
- Unknown UNKNOWN, turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- US Air
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- BOS · Boston, MA
- Destination
- YKZ · Toronto Ont
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BOS · Logan International
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18,000 total · 4,380 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BOS