Pompano Beach – Fort Lauderdale

On October 3, 1970 at 07:05 AM, Pompano Beach – Fort Lauderdale experienced a crash involving Rockwell Turbo Commander 680/681, operated by Baldwinsville Building Supply Company, with the event recorded near Pompano Beach Florida.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. After takeoff from Pompano Beach Airport, while in initial climb, the airplane went out of control, lost height and crashed into the sea few hundred yards off shore. The pilot was seriously injured while the aircraft sank and was lost.

Aircraft reference details include registration N541W, MSN 680-1554-13, year of manufacture 1965.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 26.2379°, -80.1248°.