# NTSB MIA85LA205: Beech 65-A90, N28SE, Apalachicola, FL, June 30, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 30, 1985, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Apalachicola, FL
- Coordinates: 29.719881, -84.990242 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7199&lon=-84.9902&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31422
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA85LA205
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31422/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA205

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb
  - touch-and-go - performed, copilot/second pilot
  - weather condition - haze/smoke (contributing factor)
  - proper climb rate - not maintained, copilot/second pilot (cause)
  - diverted attention, copilot/second pilot (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - complacency, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - water,rough (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28SE-1989-07-11), registration cancelled 1989-07-11, S/N LJ239 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65-A90
- Registry model: [Beech 65-A90](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a90) (registry code 1152908) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: LJ-239
- Airframe hours: 7266
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850630028559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850630028559A), Jun 30, 1985: Beech 65A90, Apalachicola, FL, Destroyed. Copilot flew aircraft into water while looking for flap handle after takeoff. Instructor was looking in flight bag.

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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