Saint Petersburg – Cocoa Beach – Saint Augustine

On December 31, 1974 at 10:25 AM, Saint Petersburg – Cocoa Beach – Saint Augustine experienced a crash involving Beechcraft H18, operated by Misener Marine, with the event recorded near Saint Augustine Florida.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) 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: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. On approach to Saint Augustine Airport, the passenger reported to ATC that pilot had no control over aircraft after controls frozen. The airplane went out of control and crashed in flames, killing both occupants. The aircraft was totally destroyed by a post crash fire, precluding determination of cause.

Aircraft reference details include registration N500MM, MSN BA-715, year of manufacture 1964.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 29.8947°, -81.3145°.