Stuart - Stuart

On January 9, 1964 at 11:00 AM, Stuart - Stuart experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.104 Dove, operated by National Executive Flight Service, with the event recorded near Stuart-Witham Field Florida.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was conducting a local training flight at Stuart-Witham Field Airport. Just after liftoff, while taking off with one engine inoperative to simulate a failure, the aircraft stalled and crashed. Both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N4267C, MSN 04337, year of manufacture 1952.