Accidents
NTSB Releases Factual Report on Halladay Accident
The NTSB factual report on the fatal crash of baseball player Roy Halladay's Icon A5 found nothing wrong with the airplane.
The partially submerged wreckage of an Icon A5 light sport amphibious airplane in the Gulf of Mexico is shown in this photo taken Nov. 7, 2017, near Clearwater, Florida. (Photo: NTSB)
The partially submerged wreckage of an Icon A5 light sport amphibious airplane in the Gulf of Mexico is shown in this photo taken Nov. 7, 2017, near Clearwater, Florida. (Photo: NTSB)

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) yesterday released a factual report on the crash of former Major League Baseball pitcher Roy Halladay’s Icon A5 light sport amphibious airplane on Nov. 7, 2017, in which Halladay died. Although not breaking news, as autopsy results were released in January 2018, the NTSB factual report identifies a number of drugs found in Halladay’s specimens during toxicology testing. The report also documents the high angle of attack (AoA) maneuvers at low altitude that Halladay flew in the A5 just before the accident.