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En despegue de Cuatro Vientos. Este avion tiene una matricula de una PA-23C que desgraciadamente se estrello en Ft. Lauderdale causando 5 muertos.
Date: 31-MAY-1983
Time: 1911
Type: Piper PA-23C-250
Operator: Lucaya Beach Air Service
Registration: N6103Y
C/n / msn: 27-3311
Fatalities: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: Ft. Lauderdale , FL - United States of America
Phase: Take off
Nature: Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport: Freeport (MYGF)
Narrative:
THE ACFT CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE ACFT VEERED TO THE LEFT LOSING ALTITUDE AND SUDDENLYFLIPPED TO THE LEFT CRASHING ABOUT 1/2 MILE FROM THE airport IN A STEEP LEFT BANK. THE LANDING GEAR WAS REPORTED IN A DOWN POSITION. AN AIRLINE PLT REPORTED THAT THE ACFT APPEARED TO BE IN DIFFICULTY AFTER TAKEOFF AS IT BEGAN TO PORPOISE. APPARENTLY THE GEAR WAS NOT RETRACTED AS THE PLT FOUGHT THE ACFT AND AS HE BEGAN A TURN TO THE LEFT. HE OBSERVED THE ACFT TURN COMPLETELY UPSIDE DOWN, POINT NEARLY STRAIGHT DOWN AND EXPLODE ON CONTACT. ONE WITNESS REPORTED 'THE LEFT ENGINE WAS ON FIRE AND I COULD SEE SMOKE ALSO.' THE MAXIMUM ALT ATTAINED BY THE ACFT WAS ESTIMATED AS 55 FT. THE POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF POWER PLANT FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION
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