http://www.aopa.org/members/files/pilot/2009/december/na0912.html
You'll probably need to login to the website to read that (AOPA login.) Basically this guy who is in otherwise good shape (or so he thinks) has a heart attack while flying solo in his 172. Scary!
AOPA Never Again wrote:Just as suddenly as it began, the pain ended. What had happened? I continued letting the autopilot fly me toward Greenwood. I wondered if I should turn back. My headwind would turn to a tailwind if I went home. I could see the Indianapolis skyline ahead on my right and decided to continue on.
Then the pain began anew. This time, I was sure it really was a heart attack. I called Greenwood unicom and said I had a medical emergency and asked that someone call for help, but there was only silence. Then, the pilot of an aircraft in the landing pattern said he would call 911 as soon as he touched down. Someone at the FBO asked me to repeat, and the same pilot told of my medical emergency and said to call 911 immediately. More...
So I guess it does happen. I've always held that the "heart attack" theory was all people could come up with when nothing else can explain why someone went down. "He was such a great pilot, he HAD to have had a heart attack or something." Yeah right... Well I guess it's not that far out of the realm of possibility after reading this.
