rich wrote:
what amazes me is how fast that blockage built up in his heart after
having an angiogram in '06 that showed his heart clear.

Re-read the NTSB report. The angiogram *didn't* show his heart was
clear, though that's what he told the FAA:

"The pilot’s most recent application for airman medical certificate in
May 2007... also noted a “precautionary” coronary angiogram in 2006
which “showed no blockage.” ... Records obtained from the pilot’s
cardiologist regarding the angiogram (performed September 25, 2006)
noted a “totally occluded” small left anterior descending coronary
artery...."

Others have stated that the occlusion mentioned may not have been that
impacting. But I don't think it justified Phillips claiming that it
"showed no blockage."

Ron Wanttaja