Piper PA-28-180D N5328L

Summary

On 17 July 1985 at about 18:58 local time, a Piper PA-28-180D registered N5328L was involved in an incident near Lansing, Michigan, United States. 2 people were on board and one died. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 July 1985 at 18:58

Classification

Incident

Location

Lansing, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Lansing-Capital City (LAN)

Coordinates

42.7905, -84.5893

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-180D

Registration

N5328L

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Flint → Jackson

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI85IA296

1 person died.

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

WHILE EN ROUTE TO JACKSON, MI, THE OWNER/PLT SUFFERED AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK. THE PASSENGER, WHO WAS A PRIVATE PLT, SAFELY LANDED THE ACFT AT LANSING, MI. THE OWNER/PLT'S WIFE SAID THAT HE HAD A PLT CERTIFICATE, BUT SHE COULD NOT LOCATE IT. THERE WAS NO RECORD OF THE PLT EVER POSSESSING AN FAA PLT OR MEDICAL CERTIFICATE. THE PASSENGER'S LAST MEDICAL CERTIFICATE WAS DATED PRIOR TO 1973. A PATHOLOGICAL EXAM OF THE PLT SHOWED HE HAD SEVERE ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE WITH EVIDENCE OF AN OLD MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. A TOXICOLOGY CHECK OF THE PLT'S BLOOD SHOWED A LOW LEVEL OF ALCOHOL (0.031%); HOWEVER, NO RELATIONSHIP WAS ESTABLISHED BETWEEN CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL & THE HEART ATTACK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.