Brooksville – Miami

On November 8, 1986 at 06:16 AM, Brooksville – Miami experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 100 King Air, operated by American Aviation, with the event recorded near Brooksville Florida.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The pilot stated that shortly after departure the cockpit filled with smoke. While returning for landing his visibility was reduced due to the smoke and ground fog. On landing roll the the aircraft ran off the left side of the runway, went through a cow fence and came to rest against a tree. A post crash fire erupted in the left wing area where a fence post punctured the wing and the aircraft was destroyed by the fire. The cause of the smoke in the cockpit could not be determined. The pilot, sole on board, escaped with minor injuries.

Aircraft reference details include registration N78L, MSN B-167, year of manufacture 1973.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 28.5553°, -82.3879°.