- Date
- December 24, 1987, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Destin, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7005SCessna 150H
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871224071749A
- Case key
- 32000
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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.
Analysis
Witnesses stated that they observed the acft flying in the fog in a southeasterly direction and turn hard right just before it struck the 19th floor of a condominium. The fog according to residents of the bldg was so thick that the ground could not be seen from the top floors.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7005S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15067705
- Airframe hours
- 3,447
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tim W Butler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- COI · Merritt Island, FL
- Destination
- 2R4 · Milton, FL
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
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 156 total · 156 in this make and model · 83 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 6 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EGL, 18 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.