- Date
- June 30, 1985, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Apalachicola, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N28SEBeech 65-A90
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850630028559A
- Case key
- 31422
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Analysis
An ATP plt (PIC) said he was checking out another (commercial) plt in the acft. As the commercial plt was making a takeoff from a touch-&-go landing, the acft lost altitude & collided with water. The commercial plt stated that he was looking for the flap control when the accident occurred. Reportedly, the PIC was looking for some charts inside his flt bag & did not realize the acft was losing altitude until just prior to impact. The PIC reported that the visibility was 3 mi with haze.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28SE
- Reported as
- Beech 65-A90
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LJ-239
- Airframe hours
- 7,266
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-20, 550 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Reliable Production Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1984 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- TLH · Tallahassee, FL
- Destination
- DAB · Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport
- F47 · St George Island, runway 32, 3,800 × 65 ft, asphalt
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 6,530 total · 300 in this make and model · 6,300 as pilot in command · 145 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TLH, 55 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.