Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Woodville, Florida 32362
Thursday, November 6, 1986 18:20 EST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PLT HAD RECEIVED HIS CERTIFICATE TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT WAS RECEIVING STAGE THREE RADAR SERVICE WHEN IT ADVISED THAT IT WAS IN THE CLOUDS AND WAS TURNING AROUND. RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST MOMENTS LATER AND THE ACFT CRASHED INTO A HEAVILY WOODED AREA. WITNESSES IN THE AREA DESCRIBED THE NIGHT AS VERY DARK WITH CLOUDS AND FOG EXTENDING FROM THE TREE TOPS TO ABOUT 2000 FT AGL. THE WEATHER DATA LISTED ABOVE IS FROM AN OBSERVATION TAKEN AT TALLAHASSEE, FL, APRX 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 11/6/1986
Event Day of the Week Thursday
Time of Event 1820
Event Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Event City WOODVILLE
Event State FLORIDA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 32362
Event Date Year 1986
Event Date Month 11
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 1850 Eastern Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 300
Weather Observation Facility ID TLH
Elevation of weather observation facility 81
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 8
Time Zone of the weather observation EST
Lighting Conditions Night/Dark
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 3000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
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) 24
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 22
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 140
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 7
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Fatal
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal 2
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 2
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2011
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Nov 6 1986 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 2005
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 32545
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:14AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Instrument Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N49083
NTSB Number MIA87FA025
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 152
Aircraft Series Identifier 152
Aircraft Serial Number 15281140
Certified Max Gross Weight 1670
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 Nov 6 1986 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 1
Airframe Hours 3769
ELT Installed Unknown
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name ACE FLYING SCHOOL, INC
Aircraft Owner Street Address R.R. 4, BOX 389A
Aircraft Owner City TALLAHASSEE
Aircraft Owner State FL
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 32304
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 TLH
Departure City TALLAHASSEE
Departure State FL
Departure Country
Departure Time 1758
Departure Time Zone EST
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code CDK
Destination City CEDAR KEY
Destination State FL
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Descent
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
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 --