Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary DEN86LA014

ALBUQUERQUE, NM, USA

Aircraft #1

N90333

GLOBE GC-1B

Analysis

THE WIFE OF THE PLT RADIOED HER HUSBAND HAD BECOME INCAPACITATED. TWO FLT INSTRUCTORS DEPARTED IN ANOTHER ACFT TO ASSIST THE NON-RATED WIFE, AFTER BEING CONTACTED BY ALBUQUERQUE APCH CONTROL. THE FLT INSTRUCTORS WERE ABLE TO ASSIST THE NON-RATED WIFE THROUGH RADIO TRANSMISSIONS UNTIL SHE LANDED THE ACFT. EVEN THOUGH THE ACFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING THE LANDING, THE WIFE WAS NOT INJURED. HER HUSBAND HAD DIED AS A RESULT OF A HEART ATTACK IN FLT. THE PLT WAS OCCUPYING THE LEFT SEAT WHEN HE BECAME UNCONSCIOUS.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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