- Date
- February 11, 1988, 22:12 local (Feb 12, 1988, 03:12 UTC)
- Place
- Sanford, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6771YCessna 425
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880211002389A
- Case key
- 32006
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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
The flt was cleared for a night ILS apch & advised that twr at dest had closed. Twr had rptd at closing that fog was forming & the flt was advised of the fog. The acft was located on a remote part of the arpt the next morning. The ELT had activated but the signal was weak due to crash damage. Pax said they never saw rwy lights, only taxi lights, & that plt atmptd to perform a go-around. Gear was retracted & acft hit level grassy area in a near level attitude. The plt was not wearing a shoulder harness. The pax crouched in the aisle next to the plt, helping him find the rwy, not wearing restraining belts. No published apch plate for ILS proc for that rwy was found in acft. Tox report revealed plt had 3 mcg/ml dextromethorphan, an ingredient found in over counter cold remedies. According to report, levels of that substance in blood greater than 0.1 mcg/ml was sufficient to cause drowiness.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6771Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 425
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4250019
- Airframe hours
- 2,269
- Engine
- P&W PT-6A-112, 450 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Interstate Farm
- Registered owner
- Interstate Farms
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · January 29, 1988 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- FTY · Atlanta, GA
- Destination
- SFB
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SFB · Sanford, runway 9, 8,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 8,750 total · 35 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 290° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL, 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.