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MIA83LA105

1983-03-27 · OCALA, Florida, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport OCF

N123WK has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-6A, built 2021), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN WHILE ON A LOCALIZER 36 APPROACH AT OCALA, FL THE WEATHER WAS IMC AND THE FLIGHT WAS ON AN IFR CLEARANCE. THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED BUT THE OCCUPANTS WERE NOT INJURED. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ON THE FINAL SEGMENT OF THE LOCALIZER 36 APPROACH HE BROKE OUT OF THE OVERCAST AT 600 FEET AND SAW THE RUNWAY TO HIS RIGHT AT ABOUT ONE MILE. ON TURNING TOWARD THE RUNWAY HE ENTERED A LAYER OF FOG AND DESCENDED TO GROUND CONTACT. A RECOVERY WAS MADE AND THE ACFT WAS FLOWN OUT OF THE FOG AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 36 WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1983_MIA83LA105.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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