Douglas DC-3 N95KT

30 October 1978 · Opa Locka, Florida, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 30 October 1978 at about 17:46 local time, a Douglas DC-3 registered N95KT was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Opa Locka, Florida, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 30 October 1978 at 17:46
Classification: Accident
Location: Opa Locka, Florida, United States
Nearest airport: Opa Locka
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3
Registration: N95KT
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Other
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Dusk
NTSB number: 3-3426

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	0	0	4

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PIC NOT MULTIENGINE RATED OR TYPE RATED.OWNER STATED FLIGHT NOT AUTHORIZED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3426, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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