At about 1230 eastern time, the pilot of a homebuilt Long EZ suffered medical incapacitation and the airplane crashed in the Atlantic Ocean near Marthas Vineyard. The pilot was determined to have died before impact. The pilot was gathering NOAA research data in the purpose-built airplane. He was making low passes over research buoys. The pilot reported no trouble, but another airplane spotted wreckage floating in the water. An autopsy showed the pilot suffered a massive subarachnoid hemorrhage that was too large to determine its origin or its dimension.
August 03, Marthas Vineyard, Mass. / Long EZ
At about 1230 eastern time, the pilot of a homebuilt Long EZ suffered medical incapacitation and the airplane crashed in the Atlantic Ocean near Marthas Vineyard. The pilot was determined to have died before impact. The pilot was gathering NOAA research data in the purpose-built airplane. He was making low passes over research buoys. The pilot reported no trouble, but another airplane spotted wreckage floating in the water. An autopsy showed the pilot suffered a massive subarachnoid hemorrhage that was too large to determine its origin or its dimension....
Key Takeaways:
- A homebuilt Long EZ research aircraft crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Marthas Vineyard due to the pilot's medical incapacitation.
- The pilot, who was collecting NOAA research data during low passes over buoys, suffered a massive subarachnoid hemorrhage and died before impact.
- Wreckage was discovered by another aircraft, despite the pilot having reported no trouble prior to the crash.
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