# NTSB MIA85FA023: Beech C23, N9242S, Crestview, FL, November 4, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: November 4, 1984, 00:24 local (06:24 UTC)
- Place: Crestview, FL
- Coordinates: 30.750778, -86.570075 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7508&lon=-86.5701&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31208
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA85FA023
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31208/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85FA023

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - obscuration (contributing factor)
  - ifr procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - minimum descent altitude - below, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

DURING ARRIVAL, THE PLT WAS CLEARED FOR AN ILS APCH. THE REPORTED WX AT THAT TIME WAS: 600 FT OVERCAST, VISIBILITY 7 MI, WIND 010 DEG AT 6 KTS. THE PLT STATED THAT DURING THE APCH, HE FELT A DOWNDRAFT THAT CAUSED THE ACFT TO BANK TO THE LEFT & PITCH DOWN. THE LAST ALT THAT HE RECALLED READING BEFORE THE 'DOWNDRAFT' WAS 750 FT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES & CRASHED. A PASSENGER, WHO WAS OCCUPYING A REAR SEAT, SAID THAT THE ACFT WAS IN THE CLOUDS, THEN CAME OUT INTO THE CLEAR WITH JUST ENOUGH TIME TO SEE THE TREES BEFORE IMPACT. AN INVESTIGATION DID NOT REVEAL ANY PREIMPACT MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE OF THE AIRFRAME OR POWERPLANT. THE 0057 CST WX (APRX 33 MIN AFTER THE ACCIDENT) WAS, IN PART: 100 FT OBSCURED, VISIBILITY 3/4 MI WITH FOG, WIND CALM. THE ELEVATION OF THE CRASH SITE WAS ABOUT 200 FT MSL. THE ARPT ELEVATION WAS 215 FT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9242S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M1735
- Airframe hours: 1128
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A4J 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Edgar F. Folsom
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 6, 1984, 73 hours before
- Departed: 28J, PALATKA, FL
- Destination: CEW
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: CEW, Bob Sikes, runway 17, 800 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,407 total, 1,128 in this make and model, 1,259 as pilot in command, 70 in the last 90 days, 21 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: calm
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: CEW, 2 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19841104076359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841104076359A), Nov 4, 1984: Beech C23, Crestview, FL, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Descended into trees below mda on approach. Dark night with low ceilings and poor visibility. Wind calm.

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.

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