# NTSB MIA87FA004: Smith, Ted Aerostar Aerostar 600, N338NA, Jacksonville, FL, October 7, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: October 7, 1986, 07:58 local (11:58 UTC)
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Location: 30.4940° N, 81.6878° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACKSONVILLE INTL (JAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4940&lon=-81.6878&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31727
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87FA004
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31727/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87FA004

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - checklist - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - complacency, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

REPORTEDLY, DURING AN ILS APPROACH TO LAND, THE PILOT DID NOT USE THE COMPANY APPROVED CHECKLIST AND LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N338NA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N338NA), registered now, S/N 60-0487-158, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Smith, Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 600 (AEROSTAR 6)
- Registry model: [Smith AEROSTAR 600](https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-600) (registry code 8360602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 600-487-158
- Airframe hours: 2837
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540-K1J5 290 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Top Flight, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, October 6, 1986, 2 hours before
- Departed: GNV, GAINESVILLE, FL
- Destination: JAX
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: JAX, Jacksonville Intl, runway 25, 8,000 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,672 total, 497 in this make and model, 3,471 as pilot in command, 156 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: JAX

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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