- Date
- May 13, 1990, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Shirleysburg, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7142SCessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900513015559A
- Case key
- 36532
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Probable cause
Pilot incapacitation due to a heart attack.
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Aircraft control - uncontrolledCause
Incapacitation(cardiovascular)Cause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The airplane was on short final when it was observed diving into the ground. The autopsy revealed the pilot was incapacitated by a heart attack prior to impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7142S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15067842
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 106 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joe Smith Jr.
- Airport
- MUV · Huntington County, runway 22, 3,100 × 80 ft, gravel
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,455 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Observed at
- A00, 35 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.