# NTSB MIA87LA027: Beech A100, N78L, Brooksville, FL, November 8, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 8, 1986, 06:16 local (11:16 UTC)
- Place: Brooksville, FL
- Location: 28.4735° N, 82.4561° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROOKSVILLE-TAMPA BAY RGNL (BKV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4735&lon=-82.4561&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31822
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA027
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31822/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA027

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE THE COCKPIT FILLED WITH SMOKE. WHILE RETURNING FOR LANDING HIS VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED DUE TO THE SMOKE AND GROUND FOG. ON LANDING ROLL THE THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, WENT THROUGH A COW FENCE AND CAME TO REST AGAINST A TREE. A POST CRASH FIRE ERRUPTED IN THE LEFT WING AREA WHERE A FENCE POST PUNCTURED THE WING AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY THE FIRE. THE CAUSE OF THE SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, climb - to cruise
  - other system - smoke (contributing factor)
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - light condition - night (contributing factor)
  - other system - smoke (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - not possible, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - fence
  - object - tree(s)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N78L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78L-2009-11-24), registration cancelled 2009-11-24, S/N B-167, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A100
- Registry model: [Beech A100](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a100) (registry code 1152915) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [U/A Canada PT6A-27-28](https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-27-28) (registry code 61504, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: B-167
- Airframe hours: 5500
- Engines: P&W PT6A-28 680 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: American Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: AAIP, May 1, 1986, 40 hours before
- Destination: TMB, MIAMI, FL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: BKV, Hernando County, runway 2, 5,000 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane, helicopter; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 7,290 total, 150 in this make and model, 7,110 as pilot in command, 190 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PIE, 36 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 19861108054109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861108054109A), Nov 8, 1986: Beech A100, Brooksville, FL, Destroyed. Smoke in cockpit on takeoff. Returned to land. Ran off runway into fence and tree due to fog and smoke. Burned.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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