- Date
- March 3, 1987, 04:00 local (09:00 UTC)
- Place
- Key Largo, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N822QBeech B-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870303006779A
- Case key
- 31864
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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.
Miscellaneous/other
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Flt with inadqt en route/destn facilities - performedFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - water,glassyFactor
Analysis
The aircraft was found crashed in shallow water near Key Largo FL. Attempts to locate the pilot or current operator were fruitless. The circumstances surrounding the crash and the cause are unknown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N822Q
- Reported as
- Beech B-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LC-42
- Engine
- Lycoming IGSO-480-A1B6, 340 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Phoenix Air East
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
N822QRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · Beech 65Airframe modelBeech 65Engine modelLycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series
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
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIA, 9 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.