# NTSB MIA88FA105: Cessna 425, N6771Y, Sanford, FL, February 12, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: February 11, 1988, 22:12 local (Feb 12, 1988, 03:12 UTC)
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Coordinates: 28.780105, -81.26921 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7801&lon=-81.2692&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report November 16, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32006
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88FA105
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32006/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88FA105

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, missed approach (ifr)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - decision height - disregarded, pilot in command (cause)
  - light condition - night (contributing factor)
  - meteorological services - not operating
  - missed approach - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - control tower - not operating
  - gear retraction - premature, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - impairment(drugs), pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - shoulder harness - not used, pilot in command

## 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 GEAR WAS RETRACTED & ACFT HIT LEVEL GRASSY AREA IN A NEAR LEVEL ATTITUDE.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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6771Y-1991-02-20), registration cancelled 1991-02-20, S/N 4250019 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 425
- Registry model: [Cessna 425](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-425) (registry code 2076018) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 4250019
- Airframe hours: 2269
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880211002389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880211002389A), Feb 11, 1988: Cessna 425, Sanford, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Crashed while attempting an ILS approach in heavy fog. Not aligned with runway. Passenger stated it was pilot error

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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