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MIA86LA197

1986-07-02 · CEDAR KEY, Florida, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

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Factual narrative

THE STUDENT PLT STATED THAT HE OVERFLEW THE ARPT TO OBSERVE THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND AS INDICATED BY THE WIND SOCK. WHEN HE WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE IT, A LANDING WAS MADE ON RWY 5 WITH A LEFT QUARTERING TAILWIND. UNABLE TO STOP, THE ACFT LEFT THE RWY STRUCK A DITCH & CAME TO REST INVERTED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE PLT HAD NOT RECEIVED AN ENDORSEMENT TO FLY COMPLEX ACFT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_MIA86LA197.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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