Aero Mirage TC-2 N2484V

Summary

On 25 March 1987 at about 22:24 local time, a Aero Mirage TC-2 registered N2484V, operated by Kenneth Wheeler, was involved in an accident near Williston, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 March 1987 at 22:24

Classification

Accident

Location

Williston, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Williston Municipal (X60)

Coordinates

29.3702, -82.4491

Aircraft

Aero Mirage TC-2

Registration

N2484V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Kenneth Wheeler

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gainesville → Williston

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

MIA87FA118

1 person died.

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

WITNESSES STATED THAT THE ACFT MADE A 'FLY BY' AT 300 FT TO CHECK AND SEE IF THE GEAR WAS DOWN. THE GROUND PERSONNEL INFORMED THE PLT THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. THEY STATED THAT THE ACFT THEN MADE A SHARP LEFT TURN PARALLELING RUNWAY 14, THEY LOST SIGHT OF IT BEHIND SOME TREES & MOMENTS LATER HEARD THE IMPACT. THE PASSENGER STATED THAT AFTER THEY MADE THEIR FLY BY THE PLT EXECUTED A 90 DEGREE BANK. LEFT WING AND NOSE STRUCK THE GROUND & THE ACFT ROLLED UPSIDE DOWN & SLID TO A STOP INVERTED. THE PASS'G LATER STATED THAT THE ENG QUIT PRIOR TO GROUND CONTACT DUE TO CARBURETOR ICE. CONDITIONS WERE CONDUCIVE TO SERIOUS CARB ICING AT GLIDE POWER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.