# NTSB MIA88IA099: Beech C-99, N232BH, Orlando, FL, February 4, 1988

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: February 4, 1988, 18:21 local (23:21 UTC)
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Coordinates: 28.420387, -81.29985 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4204&lon=-81.2999&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 18 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 18, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32053
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88IA099
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32053/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88IA099

## Sequence of events

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

- Near collision between aircraft, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - control tower service - inadequate, atc personnel(lcl/gnd/clnc) (cause)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot of other aircraft (cause)
  - visual separation - not maintained (cause)
- Near collision between aircraft, takeoff - initial climb
  - control tower service - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual separation - not maintained (cause)

## Analysis (aircraft 2)

DRG A VISUAL APCH TO ORLANDO INTL ARPT, BAR HARBOR FLT 3949 (BEECH C-99, N232BH) CONTACTED THE TOWER (LOCAL CONTROLLER) AT 1817:07 & RPRTD 5 MI NORTH OF THE VOR FOR LANDING. THE VOR WAS LOCATED 5.8 MI NORTH OF THE RWY. ABOUT 20 SEC LATER, THE LOCAL CONTROLLER (LC) CLRD FLT 3949 TO LAND ON RWY 18L. AT 1818:15, A CESSNA 172 PLT (N54119) CONTACTED THE TOWER & RPRTD ' . . . READY, FULL LENGTH, RIGHT SIDE.'  TRAFFIC WAS MODERATE TO HEAVY, BUT SUBSEQUENTLY, N54119 WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF ON RWY 18R & TO TURN LEFT TO 090 DEG AFTER TAKEOFF. AS N54119 WAS DEPARTING ON RWY 18R, FLT 3949 WAS LANDING LONG ON RWY 18L. SOON AFTER LIFT-OFF, N54119 BEGAN A LEFT TURN & CROSSED OVER RWY 18L IN THE VICINITY WHERE FLT 3949 WAS LANDING. THIS RESULTED IN A NEAR COLLISION. THE CAPT OF FLT 3949 ESTIMATED THE CESSNA CROSSED ABOUT 150 TO 200 FT IN FRONT & SLIGHTLY ABOVE HIS FLT PATH. THE LC SAID THAT DRG THE OCCURRENCE, SHE SAW N54119 LIFT-OFF, THEN SHE DIVERTED HER ATTENTION TO ANOTHER ACFT.

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: N232BH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C-99
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U-232
- Engines: P&W PT6A 1459 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Bar-Harbor Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: THL, TALLAHASSEE, FL
- Destination: MCO, ORLANDO, FL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: MC, Orlando Intl, runway 18L, 12,004 × 200 ft, asphalt

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: [N54119](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54119-2018-02-15), registration cancelled 2018-02-15, S/N 17274883, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: David B. Rodger
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: MCO
- Destination: TI, TITUSVILLE, FL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: MC, Orlando Intl, runway 18R, 12,000 × 300 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot, aircraft N232BH; age 38; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 6,500 total
- Pilot, aircraft N54119; age 34; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,510 total, 1,396 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MCO

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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