# Accident 19870919081152A: Beech 23BEECH, 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, second 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: N2399Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2399Z-2013-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 23 (registry code 1151202, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 23BEECH
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 21 in this make and model, 8 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/19870919081152A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK BROADSIDE BY N92919 IN TRAFFIC PATTERN. DID NOT SEE N92919 DUE TO HIS WRONG POSITION REPORTS. FELL INTO BAY.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N92919, Comwth REWN185: [Accident 19870919081151A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870919081151A)

## 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: Beech 23 (N2399Z), 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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