[341 ] GENERAL AVIATION ACCIDENT FOLLOWING RUPTURE OF AORTIC ABDOMINAL ANEURYSM IN PILOT

摘要

PROBLEM STATEMENT: In this Piper Cherokee crash the autopsy revealed that the pilot had died in the air due to a rupture of an aortic abdominal aneurism (AAA). BACKGROUND/LITERATURE REVIEW: AAAis a common and potentially life-threatening condition. Most AAAs are asymptomatic and may be hard to detect during a standard medical renewal for PPL. CASE PRESENTATION: In a general aviation accident in Norway May 2016 a PA-28 crashed in a wood, ending up about 160 meters from the first point of impact. The pilot, a 67-year-old man with PPL, was the only person on board. He was found deceased close to the main wreckage. Large broken trees, extensive damage to the aircraft and major injuries to the pilot indicated a.high speed crash. He had taken off 1 hour 17min earlier for a cross country flight to a small grass airfield.The weather was good, daylight VMC.