MIA82FA136 · Aero Commander S2R
Globe Aero Aero Commander S2R · Accident: loss of control in flight during initial climb
From Lakeland Linder International Airport (LAL) to Miami International Airport (MIA)
Event
- NTSB case
- MIA82FA136
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
- Completed
- API-reported fatalities
- 1 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- 0
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- General aviation
- WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
- Visual Meteorological Cond
Aero Commander S2R
- Aircraft type
- Aero Commander S2
- Category
- Airplane
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- YV419
- Operator
- Globe Aero
- Onboard fatalities
- Unknown
- Route
- From Lakeland Linder International Airport (LAL), Lakeland, FLTo Miami International Airport (MIA), Miami, FL
- Aircraft age
- Not recorded
- Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
- Initial climb
- First occurrenceThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
- Loss of control in flight
- Also codedOther events the NTSB coded in the sequence, such as a wire strike after a loss of power. Flight Findings uses them for its kinds of event. Glossary
- Stall/spin
- DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
- Destroyed
Cause areas
- Pilot in command › Airspeed, not maintained
- Pilot in command › Stall/spin, inadvertent
Approximate · Coordinates as recorded by the NTSB; no uncertainty radius is established.
NTSB narrative
THE PILOT HAD PLANNED TO FLY THE FOREIGN REGISTERED AIRCRAFT TO MIAMI, FL TO VISIT THE VENEZUELAN CONSULATE'S OFFICE BEFORE CONTINUING ON TO VENEZUELA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MODIFIED WITH AN AUXILIARY FUEL TANK IN THE HOPPER. ALSO, AUTHORIZATION WAS OBTAINED TO CARRY EXTRA WEIGHT TO FERRY THE PLANE. BEFORE TAKEOFF, THE PLANE WAS FUELED TO 6600 LBS, 600 LBS OVER THE LIMIT FOR AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS. AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PILOT REMAINED IN THE PATTERN AND MADE 3 LANDINGS. ON THE FOURTH TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A SPIN AND CRASHED. TWO WITNESSES, WHO WERE PILOTS, REPORTED THAT THE PLANE SEEMED TO BE NEAR A STALL WHILE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. THEY REPORTED THAT ON THE LAST TAKEOFF. THE PLANE WAS IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE, BEGAN A SHALLOW TURN, THEN ENTERED THE SPIN. ONE ESTIMATED THE SPIN BEGAN AT 300 FT, THE OTHER WITNESS ESTIMATED IT BEGAN AT 400 FT. ANOTHER PILOT LANDED ABOUT 15 MINUTES AFTER THE ACCIDENT. HE REPORTED WIND SHEAR AND TURBULENCE IN THE PATTERN. NO PREIMPACT DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND WITH THE AIRCRAFT OR ENGINE.
Verbatim NTSB analysis from the NTSB dataset
Sources
NTSB record MIA82FA136
- Event ID
- 20020917X03784
- Case number
- MIA82FA136
- Dataset
- historical-pre2008
- Source SHA-256
- 89e2df6d848e7ab3b42e7d7c7a03ff403303057a26ca04c95b3ea67201c3ce74
Source notes (4)
- Unreviewed is an editorial label, not an investigation status. API-sourced is not report-checked or human-reviewed. Explicit event totals are used without summing aircraft injury tables; onboard allocation is withheld. Unknown values remain unknown. The operation category is mapped from the NTSB-reported FAR part and has not been reviewed.
- Filled from the NTSB case API where the bulk record had no value: investigation status. Values present in the bulk record are kept.
- The date is the local date, which is the same as the UTC date the NTSB stores.
- API snapshot SHA-256: 48272ff4cb4215e81031b9c079d4496561645535ab4322d719071d15c1b22234; retrieved 2026-09-21T08:12:41.127Z.