American Aviation Corp (Aac) AA-1 N6135L

Summary

On 28 July 1986 at about 18:50 local time, a American Aviation Corp (Aac) AA-1 registered N6135L was involved in an accident near Plainfield, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 July 1986 at 18:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Plainfield, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Clow Int'l (1C5)

Coordinates

41.6106, -88.2010

Aircraft

American Aviation Corp (Aac) AA-1

Registration

N6135L

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Blue Island

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI86FA183

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

WITNESSES WHO SPOKE WITH PLT OF N6135L PRIOR TO ACCIDENT STATED THAT HE WAS ACTING OUT OF CHARACTER. HE HAD A LOSS OF APPETITE AND HIS COMPLEXION WAS ASHEN GREY. THE PLT STATED THAT HE DID NOT FEEL WELL BEFORE THE FLT. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE ACFT TAKEOFF, CLIMB SLIGHTLY, THEN BANK STEEPLY TO THE RIGHT AND CRASH. POST MORTEM EXAM REVEALED EVIDENCE OF 90% OCCLUSION OF LEFT CORONARY ARTERY WHICH RESULTED IN AN ARRYTHMIA OR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. THE CARDIAC DISFUNCTION RENDERED THE PLT PHYSICALLY INCAPACITATED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.