Cessna U206E N1460M

Summary

On 20 March 1996 at about 21:39 local time, a Cessna U206E registered N1460M was involved in an accident near Renton, Washington, United States. 2 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

20 March 1996 at 21:39

Classification

Accident

Location

Renton, Washington, United States

Nearest airport

Renton Muni (RNT)

Coordinates

47.4605, -122.2107

Aircraft

Cessna U206E

Registration

N1460M

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA96FA071

1 person had minor injuries.

the pilot's initiation of a flight with a known disqualifying heart condition, and his subsequent inflight incapacitation from a heart attack. A factor relating to the accident was: the inability of the non-rated passenger (unqualified person) to attain a successful landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The pilot became incapacitated in flight, requiring his non-pilot passenger to take the controls. The passenger contacted the air traffic control tower at Renton, Washington and requested assistance. A Renton tower controller, who was also a certificated flight instructor, then 'talked the passenger down' to a landing at Renton. The passenger landed the floatplane hard on the airport's paved runway, substantially damaging the aircraft. The pilot was pronounced dead at the scene. An FAA second-class medical certificate, dated November 21, 1994, was found in the pilot's personal effects at the scene. An autopsy attributed the pilot's death to 'severe arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease' and classified the manner of his death as natural. The pilot indicated on his application for his medical certificate, dated November 18, 1994, that he had no history of heart or vascular trouble. However, medical records on file at two Seattle-area hospitals documented that the pilot had been admitted to those hospitals in 1991 with diagnoses of myocardial infarction and coronary artery disease, both disqualifying conditions for a second-class medical certificate per Federal Aviation Regulations.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.