- Date
- October 18, 1985, 08:42 local (12:42 UTC)
- Place
- Ft.Lauderdale, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N657WMCessna 421C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851018054689A
- Case key
- 31469
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 acft crashed on the arpt during an on demand air taxi flt. The plt stated that on final apch he encountered turbulence and rain. As he broke out of the rain the glare from the sun interferred with his visual perception. A go around was attempted but the plt allowed the airspeed to decrease. The acft stalled and contacted a grass area to the right of the rwy. The acft stall detector system was found to be out of calibration.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N657WM
- Reported as
- Cessna 421C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421E0474
- Airframe hours
- 2,919
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Aircraft Charters,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Marshall B. Bone Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 11, 1985 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- ORL · Orlando, FL
- Destination
- FXE · Ft.Lauderdale, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- fxe · Ft Lauderdale, runway 8, 6,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 52
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,182 total · 367 in this make and model · 9,420 as pilot in command · 62 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FXE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.