# NTSB NYC86IA215: Boeing 737-200, N319US, Pittsburgh, PA, July 7, 1986

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: July 6, 1986, 20:56 local (Jul 7, 1986, 00:56 UTC)
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Location: 40.4914° N, 80.2327° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PITTSBURGH INTL (PIT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4914&lon=-80.2327&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 125 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 20, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30239
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86IA215
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30239/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86IA215

## Sequence of events

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

- Miscellaneous/other, landing
  - incapacitation, copilot/second pilot (cause)

## Analysis

CO-PLT WAS FLYING ACFT ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH/LANDING. CAPT OBSERVED CO-PLT HAVING DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING GLIDESLOPE AND AIRSPEEDS. CO-PLT STOPPED FLYING THE ACFT. CAPT TOOK CONTROL AT 50' AGL AND LANDED SAFELY. MEDICAL HELP REQUESTED AND RECEIVED FROM CABIN AND GATE. CO-PLT HAD RAPID BREATHING, WEAK PULSE, COLD SWEAT AND SEVERE TREMBLING. CO-PLT OBSERVED BY MEDICS FOR 30 MINUTES BEFORE GOING HOME. CO-PLT REMOVED FROM FLT STATUS AND MEDICALLY EXAMINED - EVENT DIAGNOSED RELATED TO STRESS, EMOTION AND FATIGUE. CO-PLT RETURNED TO FLIGHT STATUS WITH LINECHECK CAPTAIN. PERFORMANCE WAS SUB-STANDARD DUE TO SIMILIAR SYMPTOMS. FURTHER MEDICAL EXAM CONDUCTED. CO-PLT ADMITTED HEAVY USE OF ALCOHOL. SUBSEQUENT DIAGNOSIS WAS ANXIETY DISORDER COMPLICATED BY ALCOHOL ABUSE. FAA REVOKED 1ST CLASS MEDICAL CITING ALCOHOLISM.NO TOX TESTS CONDUCTED AT TIME OF INCIDENT - SPECIFIC CAUSE OF INCAPACITATION UNDETERMINED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N319US (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-200
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 19026
- Engines: P&W JT8D-7B 14000 lbs thrust turbo jet
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: Usair
- Registered owner: Usair
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport; Standard, Normal
- Departed: DFW, DALLAS, TX
- Destination: PIT, PITTSBURGH, PA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: PIT, Pittsburgh, runway 32, 8,100 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 7,480 total, 1,180 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Wind: 0° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at: PIT, 1 nm away

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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