Appendix D: Accident case studies unresponsive crew/ hypoxia accidents – Max. Distance Upset Altitude Av. V/S: from start of Date: Location: Reg: Type: Operator: Duration Loss Loss of Control: (fpm) emergency (mm:ss): (ft): (NM): Hypoxia, fuel 48,900 exhaustion. Loss of Aberdeen, SD, Sunjet 25-Oct-99 N47BA Lear 35 02:30 Planned: > 30,000 Unavailable. control. 'Payne Stewart' USA Aviation 39,000 flight. Spiral and 'severe' descent. 0849:50 FL340 left engine flame-out. 0851:40 Start of Hypoxia, fuel exhaustion. 33 km NW Athens, Helios 14-Aug-05 5B-DBY B737-31S 11:52 N/A No LOC descent. Under the partial control Greece Airways 0859:47 7,000 ft right of a cabin crew member. engine flame-out. 0903:32 Impact. Planned cruise level was FL250. Observed at Unavailable. Qld, Mining FL343. Hypoxia, fuel 04-Sep-00 VH-SKC Beech 200 Unavailable 5,000 Unavailable Gradual steady descent Australia Charter Flight exhaustion. Low level over a period of hours. loss of control. No CVR or FDR. Hypoxia and stall. Near Nanches, WA, Kapowsin 07-Oct-07 N430A C208A ~ 02:00 15,000 8,000 3 Pilot conscious but USA Air Sports hypoxic.
Appendix D: Accident case studies – unresponsive crew/ hypoxia accidents Date: Location: Reg: Type: Operator: Upset Duration (mm:ss): Altitude Loss (ft): Av. V/S: (fpm) Max. Distance from start of emergency (NM): Loss of Control: 25-Oct-99 Aberdeen, SD, USA N47BA Lear 35 Sunjet Aviation 02:30 48,900 Planned: 39,000 > 30,000 Unavailable. Hypoxia, fuel exhaustion. Loss of control. 'Payne Stewart' flight. Spiral and 'severe' descent. 14-Aug-05 33 km NW Athens, Greece 5B-DBY B737-31S Helios Airways 11:52 N/A No LOC 0849:50 FL340 left engine flame-out. 0851:40 Start of descent. 0859:47 7,000 ft right engine flame-out. 0903:32 Impact. Hypoxia, fuel exhaustion. Under the partial control of a cabin crew member. 04-Sep-00 Qld, Australia VH-SKC Beech 200 Mining Charter Flight Unavailable 5,000 Unavailable Unavailable. Gradual steady descent over a period of hours. Planned cruise level was FL250. Observed at FL343. Hypoxia, fuel exhaustion. Low level loss of control. No CVR or FDR. 07-Oct-07 Near Nanches, WA, USA N430A C208A Kapowsin Air Sports ~ 02:00 15,000 8,000 3 Hypoxia and stall. Pilot conscious but hypoxic.
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