FAA Office of Aerospace Medicine
Civil Aerospace Medical Institute

Report No: DOT/FAA/AM-63/21

Title and Subtitle: Inflight loss of consciousness: a case report

Report Date: September 1963

Authors: Tang PC, Dille JR

Abstract: A case of inflight vertigo and loss of consciousness in a private pilot, flying alone, is presented. The differential diagnosis and the significance of the findings of 5-7 per second theta waves in his resting EEG and high voltage slow waves during caloric irrigation of his right ear are discussed.

Key Words: loss of consciousness, EEG, inflight

No. of Pages: 14