Jacksonville – Freeport

On January 10, 1974 at 04:58 PM, Jacksonville – Freeport experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 65 Queen Air, operated by Interstate Auto and Aircraft Parts, with the event recorded near Jacksonville Florida.

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

6 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 83.3%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from Jacksonville-Intl Airport, while in initial climb, the right engine failed. The crew failed to feather the propeller and the airplane went out of control and crashed. A passenger was seriously injured while all five other occupants were killed. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces.

Aircraft reference details include registration N671T, MSN LC-1, year of manufacture 1960.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 30.3262°, -81.6579°.