# Accident 20171208022879A: Beech C90, Geneva, FL, December 8, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 2017, 11:19 local time
- Place: Geneva, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 28.7647° N, 81.0611° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7647&lon=-81.0611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19LW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19LW-2018-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C90 (registry code 1152913, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C90
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,800 total, 357 in this make and model, 233 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171208022879A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 8, 2017, ABOUT 1115 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A BEECH C90, N19LW, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED THE WATERS OF LAKE HARNEY, NEAR GENEVA, FLORIDA.

THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO PLANE MARKETING LLC, IN VERO BEACH, FLORIDA, AND OPERATED BY L3 AIRLINE ACADEMY.  THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED AS CONN900, A 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 141 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND TWO COMMERCIAL PILOTS RECEIVING INSTRUCTION WERE FATALLY INJURED.

INSTRUMENT AND VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED IN THE AREA, AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT, WHICH ORIGINATED FROM SANFORD, FLORIDA, ABOUT 0753.

THE AIRCRAFT HAD AN UNEVENTFUL FLIGHT TO MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA.  THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO THE ORLANDO SANFORD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SFB) AND CONDUCTED A PRACTICE INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO RUNWAY 09.

AFTER THE FLIGHT COMPLETED THE INSTRUMENT APPROACH, THE ACTIVE RUNWAY WAS CHANGED TO 27R AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) CONTROLLERS VECTORED THE FLIGHT FOR A PRACTICE ILS RUNWAY 27R

INSTRUMENT APPROACH.

ABOUT 2 MINUTES AFTER THE FLIGHT WAS GIVEN A VECTOR TO INTERCEPT THE

LOCALIZER AND CLEARED FOR THE APPROACH, THE CONTROLLER ISSUED A LOW ALTITUDE ALERT AND ADVISED THE FLIGHT TO CLIMB TO 1,600 FEET.

FOLLOWING A SECOND LOW ALTITUDE ALERT WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO IMMEDIATELY CLIMB TO 1,600 FEET, THE FLIGHT RESPONDED THAT "I AM SIR, I AM." SHORTLY AFTER, RADAR AND RADIO COMMUNICATION WITH THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE WAS LOST.

## 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 WPR18FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA045), Dec 8, 2017: Beech C90 (N19LW), Geneva, FL, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of airplane control due to spatial disorientation during an instrument approach in instrument meteorological conditions, and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action.…

## Other reports on N19LW (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19980409012859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980409012859I), Apr 9, 1998: Beech C90 (N19LW), Hagerstown, MD. Narrative: king air was cleared for the ILS 27 approach to hgr. Weather factors were IMC in moderate rain. Tailwind of 10KTS, ceiling indefinite of 500 feet…

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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