An autopsy performed on a pilot who died after an emergency landing at the New Orleans Lakefront Airport on Tuesday found no crash-related injuries or other physical problems that may have led to the man's death, the Orleans Parish coroner's office said.
Investigators are still waiting on the results of toxicology tests to determine what killed Doug Johnston, said John Gagliano, the coroner's chief investigator. Test results may take another two weeks.
Johnston, 69, was en route to Miami from Calexico, Calif., when the Piper Navajo he was flying made an emergency landing at the airport shortly before 7 p.m.
Jaimie Valdez, a passenger who was traveling with Johnston, was in stable condition after the landing, police said. Johnston was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
IDENTIFICATION Regis#: 6485L Make/Model: PA31 Description: PA-31/31P Navajo, Navajo Chieftain, Chie
Date: 11/30/2011 Time: 0015
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Unknown
LOCATION
City: NEW ORLEANS State: LA Country: US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT LANDED AND CRASHED OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, THERE WERE 2
PERSONS ON BOARD, 1 WAS FATALLY INJURED, 1 SUSTAINED UNKNOWN INJURIES,
LAKEFRONT NEW ORLEANS, LA
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 1
# Crew: 2 Fat: 1 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: 1
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
WEATHER: 300053Z AUTO 34015KT 10SM CLR 14/04 A3009
OTHER DATA
Activity: Unknown Phase: Landing Operation: OTHER
FAA FSDO: BATON ROUGE, LA (SW03) Entry date: 11/30/2011 http://airnav.com/airport/KNEW
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