- Date
- May 31, 1992, 14:33 local (18:33 UTC)
- Place
- Cocoa Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N106DMCessna A150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920531017149A
- Case key
- 33094
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Probable cause
Descent into the ocean for undetermined reasons.
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
Flight was conducted as instructional flight for the purpose of aerobatic training. Witnesses reported seeing the aircraft 4 miles off shore at approximately 500 feet in an approximate 45 degree nose down attitude diving toward the water. The aircraft was descending at high speed and was not spinning. The upper surfaces of the wings were visible. One witness reported seeing something similar to a banner streaming behind the aircraft. Three other witnesses did not see this. The aircraft impacted the water in this attitude. The aircraft wreckage was not located or recovered. The body of the flight instructor was found north of the crash site on June 3, 1992 and the body of the student was found approximately 75 miles north on June 7, 1992. The instructors parachute had not been deployed when the body was found. The students parachute was found deployed. The student had sustained multiple blunt traumatic injuries consistent with having been in the aircraft during water impact according to the medical examiner.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N106DM
- Reported as
- Cessna A150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A1500235
- Airframe hours
- 5,133
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A-48, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Florida Flight Training Uk.Inc
- Registered owner
- Florida Flight Training Uk.Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 6, 1992 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- X65 · Rockledge, FL
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
- 28
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,025 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 1,940 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COF, 6 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.