- Date
- March 22, 1988, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Providence, RI
- Injuries
- 99 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N628DLBoeing 757
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 36022
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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 Boeing 757 was climbing through 20000 ft with the first officer on the flight controls when the 55 year old captain became incapacitated. The first officer delcared an emergency and made a normal landing. When clear of the runway, the aircraft was stopped and the captain placed in a waiting ambulance. The aircraft was then towed to the gate and the passengers deplaned normally. It was found the captain had suffered a focal seizure and had a brain tumor. The captain was described as very heavy smoker who also had lung cancer. He died 7 months after the incapacitation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N628DL
- Reported as
- Boeing 757
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 2,539
- Engine
- P&W 2037, 40,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Delta Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BOS · Boston, MA
- Destination
- MIA · Miami, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 55
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 20,451 total · 161 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F