Boeing 757 N628DL

Summary

On 22 March 1988 at about 14:30 local time, a Boeing 757 registered N628DL was involved in an incident near Providence, Rhode Island, United States. 99 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 March 1988 at 14:30

Classification

Incident

Location

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 757

Registration

N628DL

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Boston → Miami

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC88IA112

Nobody was injured.

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

THE BOEING 757 WAS CLIMBING THROUGH 20000 FT WITH THE FIRST OFFICER ON THE FLIGHT CONTROLS WHEN THE 55 YEAR OLD CAPTAIN BECAME INCAPACITATED. THE FIRST OFFICER DELCARED AN EMERGENCY AND MADE A NORMAL LANDING. WHEN CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED AND THE CAPTAIN PLACED IN A WAITING AMBULANCE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TOWED TO THE GATE AND THE PASSENGERS DEPLANED NORMALLY. IT WAS FOUND THE CAPTAIN HAD SUFFERED A FOCAL SEIZURE AND HAD A BRAIN TUMOR. THE CAPTAIN WAS DESCRIBED AS VERY HEAVY SMOKER WHO ALSO HAD LUNG CANCER. HE DIED 7 MONTHS AFTER THE INCAPACITATION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.