Cessna 425 N6771Y

Summary

On 12 February 1988 at about 03:12 local time, a Cessna 425 registered N6771Y, operated by Interstate Farm, was involved in an accident near Sanford, 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

12 February 1988 at 03:12

Classification

Accident

Location

Sanford, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Sanford (SFB)

Coordinates

28.7801, -81.2692

Aircraft

Cessna 425

Registration

N6771Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Interstate Farm

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Atlanta → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MIA88FA105

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

THE FLT WAS CLEARED FOR A NIGHT ILS APCH & ADVISED THAT TWR AT DEST HAD CLOSED. TWR HAD RPTD AT CLOSING THAT FOG WAS FORMING & THE FLT WAS ADVISED OF THE FOG. THE ACFT WAS LOCATED ON A REMOTE PART OF THE ARPT THE NEXT MORNING. THE ELT HAD ACTIVATED BUT THE SIGNAL WAS WEAK DUE TO CRASH DAMAGE. PAX SAID THEY NEVER SAW RWY LIGHTS, ONLY TAXI LIGHTS, & THAT PLT ATMPTD TO PERFORM A GO-AROUND. GEAR WAS RETRACTED & ACFT HIT LEVEL GRASSY AREA IN A NEAR LEVEL ATTITUDE. THE PLT WAS NOT WEARING A SHOULDER HARNESS. THE PAX CROUCHED IN THE AISLE NEXT TO THE PLT, HELPING HIM FIND THE RWY, NOT WEARING RESTRAINING BELTS. NO PUBLISHED APCH PLATE FOR ILS PROC FOR THAT RWY WAS FOUND IN ACFT. TOX REPORT REVEALED PLT HAD 3 MCG/ML DEXTROMETHORPHAN, AN INGREDIENT FOUND IN OVER COUNTER COLD REMEDIES. ACCORDING TO REPORT, LEVELS OF THAT SUBSTANCE IN BLOOD GREATER THAN 0.1 MCG/ML WAS SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE DROWINESS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.