19881212069809A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Snias AS350B · Okeelanta, FL · December 12, 1988

Date
December 12, 1988 · 21:15 local
Place
Okeelanta, FL
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N152BC
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA89TF#01
Reported as
Snias AS350B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,284 total706 in this make and model73 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Lost control after flying into fog at night with search light on. Light caused vertigo. Crashed into everglades.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL AFTER FLYING INTO FOG AT NIGHT WITH SEARCH LIGHT ON. LIGHT CAUSED VERTIGO. CRASHED INTO EVERGLADES.

NTSB investigation

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