- Date
- December 18, 1987, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- South Bay, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N731LSCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871218070689A
- Case key
- 32113
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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 plt attempted a landing on a narrow runway, on an embankment. The airplane swerved to the left, into a crosswind, and left the rwy. The right main ldg gear collided with a boulder; the airplane nosed over and came to rest in the water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N731LS
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802983T
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Glades Ground Spraying
- Registered owner
- Glades Ground Spraying, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 16, 1987
- Airport
- runway 18, 1,500 × 25 ft, dirt
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
- 39
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 875 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 46 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.