# Accident 20091108054119A: Aero Comman 100, Fort Lauderdale, FL, November 8, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2009, 18:40 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1519° N, 80.7200° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1519&lon=-80.7200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4139X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4139X-2010-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 100 (registry code 0140202, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMAN 100
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 439 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10FA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091108054119A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 8, 2009, APPROXIMATELY 1840 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, N4139X, AN AERO COMMANDER 100, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE PILOT, CRASHED INTO THE EVERGLADES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 75 (I-75), NEAR WESTON, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED IN THE AREA AT THE TIME AND A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT FROM KENDALL-TAMIAMI EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (TMB), MIAMI, FLORIDA, TO ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE (WRB), WARNER ROBINS, GEORGIA. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED AND THE PRIVATE CERTIFICATED PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS KILLED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM TMB ABOUT 1818.  ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) INFORMATION, THE FLIGHT WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF AT 1818, AND THE PILOT ACTIVATED HIS VFR FLIGHT PLAN AT 1832. THERE WAS NO RECORD OF ANY CONTACT WITH MIAMI APPROACH CONTROL.  THE PILOT, AGE 49, HELD A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND RATING FIRST ISSUED ON DECEMBER 15, 1995, AND HELD A THIRD CLASS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE ISSUED ON NOVEMBER 25, 2007.

## 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 ERA10FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10FA052), Nov 8, 2009: Aero Commander 100 (N4139X), Weston, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The flight's descent for undetermined reasons, resulting in the in-flight collision with terrain.

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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