Freeport - Saint Petersburg

On August 5, 1973 at 07:25 PM, Freeport - Saint Petersburg experienced a crash involving Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, operated by Happy Hours Air Travel Club, with the event recorded near Tamarac Florida.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 8 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On a positioning flight from Freeport to St Petersburg, the crew was trying to transfer fuel when all four engines stopped simultaneously. The captain reduced his altitude and attempt an emergency belly landing in a open field located in Tamarac. The airplane slid on its belly for few dozen yards before coming to rest. While all eight occupants escaped uninjured, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration N6202C, MSN 4002, year of manufacture 1952.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 26.2129°, -80.2498°.