# NTSB MIA87LA101: Beech C24R, N18891, Milton, FL, March 9, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 8, 1987, 19:55 local (Mar 9, 1987, 01:55 UTC)
- Place: Milton, FL
- Coordinates: 30.630327, -87.039581 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6303&lon=-87.0396&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31867
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA101
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31867/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA101

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, descent - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command
- Forced landing, descent
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - water,glassy

## Analysis

THE ACFT CRASHED IN A RIVER APRX 1 MILE WEST OF HIS ALTERNATE LANDING LOCATION AFTER THE ENG QUIT WHILE DESCENDING FOR AN APCH, DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N18891](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18891-2013-08-15), registration cancelled 2013-08-15, S/N MC-515, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C24R
- Registry model: [Beech C24R](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c24r) (registry code 1151254) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: MC-515
- Airframe hours: 3036
- Engines: LYCOMING I0360 SER BEF 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Pensacola Aeromotive Corp.
- Registered owner: Pensacola Aeromotive Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, September 17, 1986, 78 hours before
- Departed: VLD, VALDOSTA, GA
- Destination: PNS, PENSACOLA, FL
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 3,000 total, 2,600 as pilot in command, 23 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 210° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: NSE, 5 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 19870308005029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870308005029A), Mar 8, 1987: Beech C24R, Milton, FL, Substantial damage. The engine failed from fuel exhaustion and the aircraft was ditched in a river. Pilot failed to follow 14 CFR 91.23

## Other investigations on N18891 (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA02LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA071), Mar 24, 2002: Beech C-24R (N18891), Bayou La Batre, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft directional control while executing a go-around, resulting in an inflight collision with trees.

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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