# Accident 20021205033419A: Amtr FOURWINDS192, Miami, FL, December 5, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 2002, 20:40 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.7997° N, 80.2950° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7997&lon=-80.2950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N192FW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N192FW-2003-07-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aaa Aircraft Leasing 192 (registry code 05614JK, https://openairdocs.org/model/aaa-aircraft-leasing-192) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR FOURWINDS192
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03FA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021205033419A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON DECEMBER 5, 2002, ABOUT 2040 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, AN AAA AIRCRAFT LEASING FOURWIND 192 HOMEBUILT AIRPLANE, N192FW, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY AAA AIRCRAFT LEASING, IMPACTED WITH A BUILDING OWNED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE IN MIAMI, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 BUSINESS FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED, AND THE BUILDING WAS DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO ANYONE ON THE GROUND. THE COMMERCIAL-RATED PILOT AND PRIVATE-RATED SECOND PILOT WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED FROM MARATHON, FLORIDA, THE SAME DAY ABOUT 2000. THE FLIGHT WAS TRANSITIONING THROUGH THE MIAMI CLASS B AIRSPACE AND RECEIVING VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) ADVISORIES FROM MIAMI APPROACH CONTROL. AT A DISTANCE 3 MILES WEST OF THE AIRPORT, AT AN ALTITUDE OF 5,500 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL, WHILE PROCEEDING NORTHBOUND, THE FLIGHT WAS OBSERVED BY THE CONTROLLER TO ALTER ITS COURSE TO A SOUTHEAST HEADING, WITH NO COMMUNICATION WITH THE CONTROLLER. THE CONTROLLER ATTEMPTED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PILOT, WITHOUT SUCCESS. THE FLIGHT WAS LOST FROM RADAR, AND ABOUT 3 MINUTES LATER THE CONTROLLERS WERE NOTIFIED BY THE POLICE THAT THE AIRPLANE HAD CRASHED. THE AIRPLANE HAD IMPACTED WITH THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE BUILDING. (-23) THE COMPANY DEEMED THAT THE PIC WAS RICHARD VERNER GRANNIS, SINCE ALWAYS LIKED FLYING FROM THE RIGHT SEAT BECAUSE HE WAS AN INSTRUCTOR PILOT. THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. IT IS UNKNOWN HOW HE LEFT THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO THE CRASH. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE PILOT HAD ATTENDED SAFETY SEMINARS, PARTICIPATED IN A WINGS PROGRAM OR IF HE HAD RECURRENT TRAINING. HOURS IN THIS AIRCRAFT WAS AN ESTIMATE BY THE COMPANY.

## 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 MIA03FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03FA024), Dec 6, 2002: Aaa Aircraft Leasing 192 (N192FW), Miami, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The inflight fire of undetermined origin, which resulted in pilot incapacitation, loss of aircraft control and an inflight collision with a building.

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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