ROMEO, MI, USA
N9829R
BEECH M35
THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS ON A BASE LEG FOR RWY 33, AND THAT HE SAW A TWIN CESSNA HOLDING ON RWY 36. NO FURTHER TRANSMISSIONS WERE RECEIVED. THE AIRPLANE CRASHED 1/4 MI FROM THE APPROACH END OF RWY 33. PILOT'S AUTOPSY REVEALED THAT HE SUFFERED FROM FAR ADVANCED CALCIFIC ATHEROMATOSIS OF THE CORONARY ARTERIES, AND HAD A RECENT OCCLUSIVE THROMBOSIS OF THE LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY. HE HAD A HISTORY OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA.
A LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO PHYSICAL INCAPACITATION (HEART ATTACK).
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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