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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech B95 · Destin, FL · July 17, 1988

Date
July 17, 1988 · 08:17 local
Place
Destin, FL
Airport
Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N669Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA88FA224
Reported as
Beech B95
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total40 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flew into a storm cell on downwind lost control and crashed into water offshore. Possible vertigo in turbulence.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO A STORM CELL ON DOWNWIND LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO WATER OFFSHORE. POSSIBLE VERTIGO IN TURBULENCE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.