Miami – Pontiac

On March 5, 1965 at 10:26 AM, Miami – Pontiac experienced a crash involving Lockheed 18 LodeStar, operated by Fruehauf Corp., with the event recorded near Miami-Intl Florida.

The flight was categorized as positioning 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 technical failure. The crew was completing a positioning flight from Miami to Pontiac, Michigan. Shortly after takeoff from Miami-Intl Airport, while climbing to a height of 300 feet, the twin engine aircraft nosed down, plunged into the earth and crashed in a huge explosion. Both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N300N, MSN 2137, year of manufacture 1941.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 25.7950°, -80.2867°.