Ocala-Gainesville-Jacksonville-Tallahassee

On February 3, 1964 at 08:00 AM, Ocala-Gainesville-Jacksonville-Tallahassee experienced a crash involving Beechcraft D18, operated by South Central Airlines - SCA, with the event recorded near Gainesville Florida.

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

10 people were known to be on board, 10 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 9, passenger fatalities: 9, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Shortly after takeoff from runway 06 at Gainesville Airport, while climbing to a height of 200 feet, the twin engine aircraft adopted a nose up attitude then stalled and crashed in a huge explosion about 80 feet past the runway end. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all 10 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N2999, MSN A-0811, year of manufacture 1952.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 29.6520°, -82.3250°.