Palm Beach County Park Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Lantana, Florida 33462
Thursday, September 19, 1985 10:05 EDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE STUDENT PLT, WITH A TOTAL OF ABOUT 14 HOURS INCLUDING 1.7 SOLO, WAS PRACTICING SOLO TOUCH-AND-GO'S WHEN HE SAW THE HELICOPTER HOVERING NEAR THE RWY. FEARING THAT THE HELICOPTER WAS GOING TO FLY OVER THE RWY, HE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF, BUT IN DOING SO, LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE SWERVED OFF THE RWY AND COLLIDED WITH THE HOVERING HELICOPTER ABOUT 100 FEET NORTH OF THE EDGE OF THE RWY.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 9/19/1985
Event Day of the Week Thursday
Time of Event 1005
Event Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Event City LANTANA
Event State FLORIDA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 33462
Event Date Year 1985
Event Date Month 9
MidAir Collision Indicator --
On Ground Collision occurred ? --
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport PALM BEACH COUNTY PARK
Event Location Nearest Airport ID LWA
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 Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 950 Eastern Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 358
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 9000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 2300
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) 28
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 22
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 70
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 13
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) 1700
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 3
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2158
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Sep 19 1985 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1030
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 29563
Date of most recent change to record Apr 9 2001 10:27AM
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 N49873 N8376F
NTSB Number MIA85LA259A MIA85LA259B
Missing Aircraft Indicator N N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None None
Flight plan Was Activated? -- --
Damage Substantial Minor
Aircraft Fire None None
Aircraft Explosion None None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA Hughes
Aircraft Model C-152 269C
Aircraft Series Identifier C-152 269C
Aircraft Serial Number 15281374 480679
Certified Max Gross Weight 1670 2050
Aircraft Category Airplane Helicopter
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 2 2
Number of Engines 1 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection 100 Hour Annual
Date of Last Inspection Jul 29 1985 12:00AM Aug 8 1985 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 105 28
Airframe Hours 2400 5516
ELT Installed Yes Yes
ELT Activated No Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No Unknown
ELT Type -- --
Aircraft Owner Name FREDERICK G LANDON HELI SERV INC.
Aircraft Owner Street Address 1150 SW 19TH ST PO BOX 1286
Aircraft Owner City BOCA RATON BELLE GLADE
Aircraft Owner State FL FL
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 33432 33430
Operator is an individual? -- --
Operator Name JAMES W. HARDIN
Operator Same as Owner? No Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As -- --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No Yes
Operator Street Address 11818 52ND RD NORTH
Operator City WEST PALM BEACH
Operator State FL
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 33411
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None None
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 -- --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight -- --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail -- --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Instructional Instructional
Second Pilot on Board No Yes
Departure Point Same as Event No No
Departure Airport Code PBI PBI
Departure City WEST PALM BEACH WEST PALM BEACH
Departure State FL FL
Departure Country
Departure Time 945 935
Departure Time Zone EDT EDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Takeoff Hover
Report sent to ICAO? -- --
Evacuation occurred -- --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM Jan 2 2001 10:30AM
User who most recently changed record dbo dbo
Since inspection or accident -- --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 9 0
Runway Length 3489 --
Runway Width 75 --
Sight Seeing flight No No
Air Medical Flight No No
Medical Flight -- --