Gilbert L Houston MONI N64GM
8 July 1983 · Vero Beach, Florida, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 8 July 1983 at about 16:25 local time, a Gilbert L Houston MONI registered N64GM was involved in an accident near Vero Beach, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 16:25
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Vero Beach, Florida, United States
- Nearest airport
- New Hibiscus (X52)
- Coordinates
- 27.6401, -80.3901
- Aircraft
- Gilbert L Houston MONI
- Registration
- N64GM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Vero Beach → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MIA83FA178
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
THE PLT MADE A LOCAL FLT FROM THE INDIAN RIVER AERODROME TO THE NEW HIBISCUS ARPT. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES AT NEW HIBISCUS, THE ACFT WAS IN A NOSE HI ATTITUDE WHEN THEY SAW IT TURN ONTO BASE & FINAL APCH. AFTER TURNING FINAL, THE ACFT ENTERED A SPIN, TURNING ABOUT 2 1/2 TIMES, THEN CRASHED. THE PLT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED & WAS HOSPITALIZED 42 DAYS BEFORE DYING WITH PNEUMONIA. NO EVIDENCE OF A PREIMPACT, MECHANCAL MALFUNCTON OR FAILURE WAS FOUND DURING THE INVESTIGATION. CONSTRUCTION HAD JUST RECENTLY BEEN COMPLETED ON THE HOME BUILT ACFT. THE PLT HAD ONLY 1.7 HRS FLT TIME IN THE ACFT WHEN IT CRASHED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 May 1983 | Lockheed L-1011 | Miami, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 6 Jan 1983 | Cessna 152 | La Belle, Florida, United States | Mark Wayne Brown | Fatal | 2 |
| 8 Jan 1983 | Cessna 150 | Green Cove Spgs, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 21 Jan 1983 | Beechcraft C45H | Leesburg, Florida, United States | Raymond A. Waldrop | Serious injuries | - |
| 21 Jan 1983 | Beechcraft E18-S | Naples, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Jan 1983 | Piper PA-31 | Miami Lakes, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |