Big Sky Airpark Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

St. Cloud, Florida 32769
Saturday, June 13, 1987 20:15 EDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE PLT STATED THAT THE ENGINE RAN GOOD DURING THE RUN UP & ON HIS TAKEOFF ROLL THE ACFT ACCELERATED NORMALLY UNTIL HE REACHED 45 KNOTS, HE LOOKED DOWN AND NOTICED THAT THE CARBURETOR HEAT WAS ON & HE WASN'T GETTING ANY MORE POWER. REALIZING HE WAS GOING TO HIT THE FENCE, HE PULLED BACK ON THE STICK & GAVE THE ACFT FULL RIGHT AILERON, CLEARED THE FENCE, & CRASHED INTO A PASTURE. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO RUN THE ENGINE IN FRONT OF THE FAA AT THE ACFT SALVAGE FACILITY. JUST AS THE ENGINE WAS BEING READIED TO START THE PILOT TOLD EVERYONE TO STOP & GET AWAY FROM HIS ACFT, WHICH WAS DONE. THEREFORE THE LOSS OF POWER WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED DUE TO THE PILOTS REQUEST THAT NO ONE TOUCH HIS ACFT.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 6/13/1987
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 2015
Event Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Event City ST. CLOUD
Event State FLORIDA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 32769
Event Date Year 1987
Event Date Month 6
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport BIG SKY AIRPARK
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 1951 Eastern Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 345
Weather Observation Facility ID MCO
Elevation of weather observation facility 96
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 20
Time Zone of the weather observation EDT
Lighting Conditions Night/Dark
Lowest Ceiling Height 7000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 3500
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 27
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 22
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 280
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 11
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) 1200
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
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 1
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious 1
Injury Total All 2
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 864
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Jun 13 1987 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 2056
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 34161
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 2:29PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N6647S
NTSB Number MIA87LA181
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 150H
Aircraft Series Identifier 150H
Aircraft Serial Number 15067447
Certified Max Gross Weight 1600
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 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Unknown
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name JOHN P BUTTERFIELD
Aircraft Owner Street Address 101 SHANNON AVE.
Aircraft Owner City MELBOURNE
Aircraft Owner State FL
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 32903
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name JOHN P. BUTTERFIELD
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 101 SHANNON AVE.
Operator City MELBOURNE
Operator State FL
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 32903
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 Yes
Departure Airport Code
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 2015
Departure Time Zone EDT
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
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 5
Runway Length 1940
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --