Gulfstream G159-C N857H

Summary

On 25 March 1982 at about 15:30 local time, a Gulfstream G159-C registered N857H, operated by U.s. Aviation, was involved in an incident near Denver, Colorado, United States. 20 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 March 1982 at 15:30

Classification

Incident

Location

Denver, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Stapleton Int'l. Airport (DEN)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Gulfstream G159-C

Registration

N857H

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

U.s. Aviation

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sheridan → College Park

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN82IA049

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ON FINAL APPROACH AFTER A NORMAL FLIGHT, THE COPILOT BECAME INCAPACITATED WHILE READING THE FINAL APPROACH CHECKLIST. THE CAPTAIN CONTINUED THE APPROACH AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. AFTER THE PASSENGERS HAD DEPLANED, THE COPILOT SUFFERED A SEIZURE WHILE HE WAS BEING HELPED DOWN THE STEPS BY THE CAPTAIN AND THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE TESTS DETERMINED THAT HE HAD A CALCIUM DEPOSIT BEHIND THE RIGHT EAR THAT WAS APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAIN. A CHEMOTHERAPY PROGRAM EVENTUALLY RESOLVED THE PROBLEM. THE COPILOT HAD RECEIVED HIS LAST CLASS I MEDICAL EXAMINATION TWO MONTHS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.