- Date
- June 30, 1985, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cooper City, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8784HNorth American Navion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850630028699A
- Case key
- 31421
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt reported that the eng lost power during a descent about 5 mi from the arpt. Subsequently, the left wing & left main gear were damaged during a forced landing on a highway ramp area that was being built. An exam of the acft revealed that the fuel tanks contained only about 2.5 gal of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8784H
- Reported as
- North American Navion
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- NAV-4-784
- Airframe hours
- 1,300
- Engine
- Continental E-225-8, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Pedro A. Varona
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 2, 1984 · 276 hours before
- Departed
- SUA · Stuart, FL
- Destination
- HWO · Hollywood, FL
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 156 total · 20 in this make and model · 119 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HWO, 7 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.