# NTSB MIA87LA172: Bushby Mustang II, N84HM, Cocoa, FL, June 6, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 6, 1987, 10:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place: Cocoa, FL
- Coordinates: 28.370037, -80.749862 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3700&lon=-80.7499&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 9, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31921
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA172
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31921/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA172

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - airport facility

## Analysis

DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE PLT LOST CONTROL OF THE ACFT. IT THEN DEPARTED THE RWY, COLLIDED WITH A TAXIWAY MARKER SIGN & CAME TO REST.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N84HM](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84HM-1994-08-03), registration cancelled 1994-08-03, S/N MII1145 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BUSHBY MUSTANG II
- Registry model: [Hill Clayton C BUSHBY MUSTANG II](https://openairdocs.org/model/hill-clayton-c-bushby-mustang-ii) (registry code 1690667) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: MII-1145
- Airframe hours: 140
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Clayton C. Hill
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, October 22, 1986, 40 hours before
- Airport: COI, Merritt Island, runway 29, 3,600 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 7,100 total, 140 in this make and model, 6,640 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MLB, 15 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 19870606025249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870606025249A), Jun 6, 1987: Amtrbb MUSTANG2, Cocoa, FL, Substantial damage. The aircraft veered off the side of the runway and hit a taxiway marker. The pilot attempted a downwind landing.

## Other investigations on N84HM (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 CHI88DEE02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88DEE02), Feb 18, 1988: Hill Bushby Mustang II (N84HM), Yorkville, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: PERFORMANCE OF AEROBATIC MANEUVERS WITH INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE FOR RECOVERY.

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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