Clewiston - St Petersburg

On September 4, 1978 at 11:30 AM, Clewiston - St Petersburg experienced a crash involving Convair CV-240, operated by Mission Air Lift, with the event recorded near Clewiston Florida.

The flight was categorized as ferry 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 human factor. Shortly after takeoff from Clewiston Airport, on a positioning flight to St Petersburg, the crew reported engine problems and elected to return for an emergency landing when the airplane went out of control and crashed in flames near the airport. The aircraft was destroyed and both occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N7177B, MSN 38, year of manufacture 1949.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 26.7542°, -80.9342°.