Palm Beach County Park Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Lantana, Florida 33462
Sunday, August 7, 1988 12:43 EDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

PLT ATTEMPTED TO LAND WITH A LEFT QUARTERING TAIL WIND. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES. THE PLT INITIATED A GO-AROUND AND DURING CLIMBOUT FROM THE GO-AROUND THE PILOT INITIATED A STEEP LEFT TURN WITH 30 TO 40 DEGREES OF BANK AND WITH A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. THE PASSENGER STATED THE STALL WARNING HORN SOUNDED UPON INITIATION OF THE LEFT TURN AND THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO DESCEND. THE PLT MANAGED TO LEVEL THE WINGS TO A SLIGHT LEFT WING LOW BANK JUST PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHING DOWN GEAR UP ON A PERPENDICULAR RUNWAY.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 8/7/1988
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1243
Event Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Event City LANTANA
Event State FLORIDA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 33462
Event Date Year 1988
Event Date Month 8
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport PALM BEACH COUNTY PARK
Event Location Nearest Airport ID LNA
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 16
Weather Briefing Completeness Full
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1250 Eastern Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 360
Weather Observation Facility ID PBI
Elevation of weather observation facility 19
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 5
Time Zone of the weather observation EDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 2600
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) 27
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 24
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 210
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 9
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) 1300
Intensity of Precipitation Light
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Serious
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor 2
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious 2
Injury Total All 4
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1443
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Aug 7 1988 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1340
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 37568
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 12:03PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N4103N
NTSB Number MIA88FA248
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name MOONEY
Aircraft Model M20G
Aircraft Series Identifier M20G
Aircraft Serial Number 680074
Certified Max Gross Weight 2525
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Dec 15 1987 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 94
Airframe Hours 2021
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name JOSEPH A. DIMAMBRO
Aircraft Owner Street Address 204 ARLINGTON ROAD
Aircraft Owner City WEST PALM BEACH
Aircraft Owner State FL
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 33405
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code EYW
Departure City KEY WEST
Departure State FL
Departure Country
Departure Time 1110
Departure Time Zone EDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Descent
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 9
Runway Length 3489
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --