- Date
- July 17, 1988, 08:17 local (13:17 UTC)
- Place
- Destin, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N669QBeech 95
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880717026659A
- Case key
- 32030
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt reported arpt in sight and was cleared for visual approach. Witnesses reported seeing acft on left downwind & said it flew into a thundershower. The flt was not heard from again. The acft's wreckage was found in the bay 1 1/4 miles north of the runway. Examination indicated the acft struck the water left wing low. No evidence was noted to indicate acft, flt control, or engine malfunction. Radar photos indicated a level 3 thundershower at the crash site at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N669Q
- Reported as
- Beech 95
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TD-339
- Airframe hours
- 3,435
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Vernon P. Hein
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1988 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- DHN · Dothan, AL
- Destination
- 81J · Destin, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 81J · Destin-Fort Walton Beach, runway 14, 5,000 × 100 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
- 40
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, 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
- 3,200 total · 40 in this make and model · 2,925 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VPC, 4 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.