Miami Int'l Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Miami, Florida 33152
Tuesady, March 29, 1988 10:40 EST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE PLT STATED THAT HE WAS AT THE END OF RUNWAY 9 LEFT, MONITORING THE TOWER FREQUENCY, AWAITING TAKEOFF CLEARANCE WHEN THE ACFT'S EMPENNAGE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY N92BL.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 3/29/1988
Event Day of the Week Tuesday
Time of Event 1040
Event Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Event City MIAMI
Event State FLORIDA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 33152
Event Date Year 1988
Event Date Month 3
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? Yes
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport MIAMI INT'L
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1014 Eastern Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID MIA
Elevation of weather observation facility 10
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation EST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 2300
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Unknown
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 7
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 26
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 17
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 90
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 12
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) 1000
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 5
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 325
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Mar 29 1988 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1059
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information
Date of most recent change to record Apr 7 2001 12:43PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft #2

Aircraft Registration Number N30042 N92BL
NTSB Number MIA88FA132A MIA88FA132B
Missing Aircraft Indicator N N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation Part 121: Air Carrier
Type of Flight Plan filed None IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? -- --
Damage Substantial None
Aircraft Fire None None
Aircraft Explosion None None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name SWEARINGEN DOUGLAS
Aircraft Model SA-227-TT DC-6B
Aircraft Series Identifier SA-227-TT DC-6B
Aircraft Serial Number TT-441 43825
Certified Max Gross Weight 12500 103000
Aircraft Category Airplane Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No No
Flight Crew Seats -- --
Cabin Crew Seats -- --
Passenger Seats -- --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 12 3
Number of Engines 2 4
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Unknown Continuous Airworthiness
Date of Last Inspection -- --
Airframe hours since last inspection 54 77
Airframe Hours 2642 36346
ELT Installed Unknown Unknown
ELT Activated Unknown Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown Unknown
ELT Type -- --
Aircraft Owner Name FMI FINANCIAL CORP. AERIAL TRANSIT CO
Aircraft Owner Street Address 31 OCEAN REEF DRIVE P.O. BOX 522760
Aircraft Owner City KEY LARGO MIAMI
Aircraft Owner State FL FL
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 33037 33152
Operator is an individual? -- --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As -- --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code AETA
Owner has at least one certificate None Yes - certificate holder
Other Operator of large aircraft? No No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown Unknown
Operator Certificate Number -- --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not -- Non-scheduled
Indicates Domestic or International Flight -- International
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail -- Cargo
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Ferry Unknown
Second Pilot on Board Yes Yes
Departure Point Same as Event Yes Yes
Departure Airport Code MIA MIA
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 0 0
Departure Time Zone
Destination Same as Local Flt -- --
Destination Airport Code X09 MYAM
Destination City KEY LARGO MARSH HARBOR
Destination State FL OF
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Standing Taxi
Report sent to ICAO? -- --
Evacuation occurred -- --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:30AM Dec 20 2002 12:42PM
User who most recently changed record dbo dbo
Since inspection or accident -- --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0 0
Runway Length -- --
Runway Width -- --
Sight Seeing flight No No
Air Medical Flight No No
Medical Flight -- --