# NTSB MIA87FA150: Piper PA-11, N5093H, Hollandale, MS, April 28, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 27, 1987, 19:41 local (Apr 28, 1987, 00:41 UTC)
- Place: Hollandale, MS
- Coordinates: 33.170967, -90.849441 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1710&lon=-90.8494&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report May 31, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31759
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87FA150
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31759/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87FA150

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - impairment(alcohol), pilot in command (cause)
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - qualification, pilot in command
  - buzzing - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - maneuver - initiated, pilot in command
  - airspeed - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/spin - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

WITNESSES STATED THAT THE ACFT CIRCLED A POND & DIVED ONCE, THEN ON A 2ND CIRCLING ATTEMPT, IT MADE A SHORT STEEP TURN & WENT INTO A TWISTING DIVE INTO THE POND. THE PASSENGER STATED THAT THEY WERE FLYING AT APPX 100 TO 150 FT ABOVE SOME FISH PONDS WHEN THE PLANE STALLED & NOSE DIVED INTO THE WATER BELOW. HE ALSO SAID THE 'PILOT TOLD ME WE WERE GOING DOWN, TO HOLD ON. HE WOULD TRY TO HIT WATER INSTEAD OF THE BANK.'  THE OWNER/PLT POSSESSED A 3RD CLASS STUDENT PLT/MEDICAL CERTIFICATE, DATED 11/19/81. TOXICOLOGY TESTS SHOWED HE HAD A BLOOD/ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 0.08% & A URINE/ALCOHOLLVL OF 0.138% (138 MG/DL). THE TESTS ALSO SHOWED A SMALL AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA METABOLITES (46 NG/ML) IN HIS URINE. ACCORDING TO A LABORATORY RPRT, THE METABOLITE LVL WAS SUGGESTIVE OF MARIJUANA USE, TWO OR MORE DAYS PRIOR TO THE ACDNT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5093H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5093H-2012-09-05), registration cancelled 2012-09-05, S/N 11-995, built 1949 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-11
- Registry model: [Piper PA-11](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-11) (registry code 7101102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C90 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (registry code 17009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 11-995
- Airframe hours: 4026
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-90-8F 90 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Kenneth Greer
- Registered owner: Kenneth Greer/Tony Frey
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 4, 1986, 9 hours before
- Departed: 14M, HOLLANDALE, MS

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; student; medical: class 3, expired; seat: front; toxicology performed; flight hours: 146 total, 115 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GLH, 25 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 19870427014539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870427014539A), Apr 27, 1987: Piper PA11, Hollandale, MS, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aircraft stalled while circling a pond at 100 to 150 feet in a steep turn. Student with unauthorized passenger.

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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