Nusbaum VAQUERO N30CY

Summary

On 1 November 2011 at about 22:30 local time, a Nusbaum VAQUERO registered N30CY was involved in an incident near Hebron, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

1 November 2011 at 22:30

Classification

Incident

Location

Hebron, Illinois, United States

Coordinates

42.4217, -88.3914

Aircraft

Nusbaum VAQUERO

Registration

N30CY

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hebron → Hebron

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN12IA050

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s operation of the airplane with known medical conditions and his subsequent heart attack during the flight.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot experienced a medical event in-flight and landed his airplane in a field. The airplane sustained no damage. The pilot's son arrived where the airplane landed and saw the pilot lying back in the airplane’s seat; the pilot did not appear to be breathing. First responders revived and subsequently transported the pilot to a local hospital. The pilot died about two days later and the cause of death was determined to be a myocardial infarction. The pilot had previous heart conditions, including bypass surgery. The pilot last applied for a medical certificate about ten years prior to the incident flight. On the application for his last medical certificate, the pilot indicated his previously reported “heart or vascular trouble” on prior medical applications and his use of Coumadin, an anticoagulant medication. The airplane the pilot was flying required the pilot to have a current medical certificate to operate it. The investigation could not determine the exact extent of and time that the pilot experienced the medical event that he had to be revived from when the airplane landed.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.