Cessna 402B N991PH

Summary

On 23 July 2006 at about 20:53 local time, a Cessna 402B registered N991PH, operated by Gabriel Schwartz/Bimini Island Air, was involved in an accident near Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

23 July 2006 at 20:53

Classification

Accident

Location

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Ft. Lauderdale Executive (KFXE)

Coordinates

26.1972, -80.1706

Aircraft

Cessna 402B

Registration

N991PH

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Gabriel Schwartz/Bimini Island Air

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

South Bimini → Ft. Lauderdale

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC06LA098

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's continued flight into adverse weather, and his failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll, which resulted in a collision with an airport runway sign, and subsequent collapse of the nose gear. A factor contributing to the accident was a thunderstorm.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The commercial certificated pilot departed from an ocean island airport in a twin-engine, wheel-equipped airplane at 1630 local time on a Title 14, CFR Part 91 VFR positioning flight to a mainland airport. At 1636, the weather conditions at the arrival airport included wind of 10 knots, with gusts to 25 knots, and a visibility of 1 statute mile in light thunderstorms and rain. At the time of the accident,1653, the weather conditions included wind of 6 knots, with gusts to 25 knots, and a visibility of 1/2 statute mile in heavy thunderstorms and rain. The weather observation at 1653 noted in the remarks section that thunderstorms began at 1613. During the landing roll, the airplane veered off the runway and collided with a runway sign, collapsing the nose gear. An FAA inspector examined the airplane and discovered that when the nose gear collapsed, the propellers struck the ground, and the airplane received structural damage to the fuselage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.