# NTSB MIA88FA094: Cessna 411, N235UV, Venice, FL, January 27, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 27, 1988, 09:47 local (14:47 UTC)
- Place: Venice, FL
- Location: 27.1170° N, 82.4152° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Venice, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1170&lon=-82.4152&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32004
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88FA094
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32004/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88FA094

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(partial) - nonmechanical, takeoff - initial climb
  - 1 engine - failure,partial (cause)
  - propeller feathering - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - fluid,fuel - water (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - airspeed(vmc) - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

WITNESSES STATED THAT THE ACFT WAS CLIMBING & JUST AFTER TAKEOFF, THE LEFT WING DROPPED, THE ACFT THEN LEVELED OFF, CLIMBED APRX 75 MORE FEET. THE ACFT THEN ABRUPTLY TURNED HARD LEFT & WENT STRAIGHT IN, STRIKING A WALL SURROUNDING A SWIMMING POOL, BURST INTO FLAMES & WAS CONSUMED BY POST CRASH FIRE. EXAMINATION OF THE LEFT ENGINE REVEALED EVIDENCE THAT SUGGESTS THAT WATER WAS INJESTED INTO THE CYLINDERS PRIOR TO IMPACT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N235UV](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N235UV-2015-04-30), registration cancelled 2015-04-30, S/N 4110052, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 411
- Registry model: [Cessna 411](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-411) (registry code 2075902) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GTSIO-520-C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (registry code 17035, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 411-0052
- Engines: CONTINENTAL GTSIO-520-C-7 340 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: William J. Brien
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 10, 1987
- Departed: VNC, VENICE, FL
- Destination: PBI, WEST PALM BEACH, FL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 1,500 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 9 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 46 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PIE, 50 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 19880127001419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880127001419A), Jan 27, 1988: Cessna 411, Venice, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Appears left engine quit due to water in fuel. Aircraft stalled got below VMC rolled over dove to ground and burned

## Other investigations on N235UV (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 LAX83IA345](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83IA345), Jul 18, 1983: Cessna 411 (N235UV), Huntington Bch., CA, incident, minor damage

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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