# Accident 19870919081151A: Comwth REWN185, St Petersburg, FL, September 19, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1987, 11:27 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Airport: Albert Whitted
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7664° N, 82.6106° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7664&lon=-82.6106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92919, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N92919-2013-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Commonwealth REARWIN 185 (registry code 2370604, https://openairdocs.org/model/commonwealth-rearwin-185) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COMWTH REWN185
- Reported engine: CONT C8512F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 50 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA87FA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87FA250) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870919081151A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT GAVE WRONG POSITION REPORTS. COLLIDED WITH N2399Z IN TRAFFIC PATTERN.NOT SEEN BY ATC OR N2399Z. FELL INTO BAY

## Other aircraft in the event

- N2399Z, Beech 23BEECH: [Accident 19870919081152A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870919081152A)

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA87FA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87FA250), Sep 19, 1987: Commonwealth 185 (N92919), St. Petersburg, FL, destroyed, 3 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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