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CA: Cessna Crash


Pictured: A Cessna T210N Turbo Centurion
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Contact photographer Mick Bajcar

What: Cessna T210N
Where: 3 miles south of Dana Point, California
When: November 19, 2005
Who: Pilot and 3 passengers
Why: The airplane impacted the ocean following a departure from controlled cruise flight, decelerating from 120 to 60 knots spiraling down corkscrew manner before impact. No pre-accident anomalies were noted with any systems examined, and no distress calls or communications preceded or followed the upset. The pilot had moderate to severe coronary artery disease with evidence of at least one prior small heart attack. The combination of coronary artery disease and LVH would have substantially increased the risk for sudden cardiac death in this pilot. Four died in the crash.

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