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CHI85IA145

1985-03-21 · PEORIA, Illinois, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport PIA

N11KW has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (LANCAIR LEGACY, built 2008), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT SUFFERED A FATAL HEART ATTACK. THE NON-RATED PASSENGER LANDED THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_CHI85IA145.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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