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MIA92LA096

1992-03-11 · OKEECHOBEE, Florida, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport OBE

N11AG has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (PILATUS PC-12/45, built 2000), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

FAILURE OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED (VS) RESULTING IN INADVERTENT STALL/MUSH.

Factual narrative

A WITNESS STATED THAT HE OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE ROLL INTO A 90 DEGREE BANK ANGLE TO THE RT THEN OBSERVED IT DESCENDING NOSE & LT WING LOW UNTIL IMPACT WITH THE WATER. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING NORMALLY UNTIL IMPACT. ALL COMPONENTS OF THE AIRPLANE WERE RECOVERED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE INBOARD SECTION OF THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LT WING. NO WITNESS REPORTED SEEING ANY OBJECT FALLING OFF THE AIRPLANE BEFORE IMPACT. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF FLIGHT CONTROL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1992_MIA92LA096.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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