West Palm Beach – Boca Raton – Fort Lauderdale

On May 27, 1979 at 04:20 PM, West Palm Beach – Boca Raton – Fort Lauderdale experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 65 Queen Air, operated by Edward Orlando, with the event recorded near Boca Raton Florida.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 25.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On final approach to Boca Raton Airport, the pilot decided to initiate a go-around when the twin engine airplane struck power cables and crashed in flames short of runway. All three passengers were injured, two of them seriously, while the pilot was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N72DR, MSN LC-6, year of manufacture 1960.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 26.3587°, -80.0831°.