Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Vero Beach, Florida 32962
Monday, May 5, 1986 14:25 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE CFI & STUDENT PLT WERE ON A TRAINING FLT. WITNESSES HEARD THE ENG SPUTTER, THEN CUT OUT COMPLETELY. ONE WITNESS SAID HE THOUGHT THE PLT WOULD ATTEMPT A LANDING TO THE SOUTH, LENGTHWISE, INTO A PASTURE BORDERED ON ALL SIDES BY TREES APRX 50 FT HIGH. THE ACFT BEGAN A RIGHT TURN WHILE DESCENDING & REMAINED OVER THE TREES OUTSIDE THE PASTURE'S EASTERN BOUNDRY. APRX MIDWAY DOWN THE PASTURE'S LENGTH WHILE STILL OVER THE TREES, THE ACFT (NOW ON A SW OR DOWNWIND HEADING) BEGAN A STEEPER RIGHT BANK & THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A TREE LIMB. THE ACFT THEN CRASHED INTO THE PASTURE CROSSWISE. THE SURFACE WINDS WERE FROM 070 DEGS AT 12 GUSTING 18 KTS. THE FUEL SHUT OFF VALVE WAS FOUND IN THE 'OFF' POSITION, THE THROTTLE WAS FULLY OPEN, THE MAG SW WAS ON 'BOTH' & THE MIXTURE WAS IN THE 'RICH' POSITION. POLICE & FIRE/RESCUE PERSONNEL DENIED TURNING THE VALVE OFF AFTER THE ACCIDENT. BOTH OCCUPANTS RECEIVED HEAD INJURIES & COULD NOT RECALL THE ACCIDENT. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE/MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND DRG THE INVESTIGATION.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 5/5/1986 |
| Event Day of the Week | Monday |
| Time of Event | 1425 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | VERO BEACH |
| Event State | FLORIDA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 32962 |
| Event Date Year | 1986 |
| Event Date Month | 5 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 0 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1432 Eastern Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 30 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | VRB |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 25 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 8 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 2000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 2000 |
| 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) | 6 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 25 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 19 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 70 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 12 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 18 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| 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 | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 2 |
| Injury Total All | 2 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1206 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | May 5 1986 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1500 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 31565 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 9:14AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N6989S |
| NTSB Number | MIA86FA148 |
| 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 | 15067689 |
| 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 | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | May 17 1985 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 29 |
| Airframe Hours | 5750 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | WILLIAM H. KUEDIER III |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 2401 RIVER HAMMOCK LN |
| Aircraft Owner City | FT PIERCE |
| Aircraft Owner State | FL |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 33450 |
| 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) | Instructional |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | FPR |
| Departure City | FT. PIERCE |
| Departure State | FL |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1345 |
| 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 | Maneuvering |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:30AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | 0 |
| Runway Width | 0 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |