# NTSB MIA88FA071: Cessna 150H, N7005S, Destin, FL, December 24, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: December 24, 1987, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Destin, FL
- Coordinates: 30.400449, -86.490081 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4004&lon=-86.4901&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report February 24, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32000
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88FA071
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32000/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88FA071

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - object - residence
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - continued, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7005S-2013-05-03), registration cancelled 2013-05-03, S/N 15067705, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Registry model: [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (registry code 2071818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15067705
- Airframe hours: 3447
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19871224071749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871224071749A), Dec 24, 1987: Cessna 150H, Destin, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Flew into side of a condo on the 19th floor while trying to fly VFR in a low ceiling and dense fog.

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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