N427W

On June 12, 1979 at 07:23 AM, N427W experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-3, operated by Bradley Aviation, with the event recorded near Fort Lauderdale-Executive Florida.

The flight was categorized as positioning 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. After takeoff from Fort Lauderdale-Executive Airport, the airplane failed to gain height, stalled and crashed near the runway end. The aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire and both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N427W, MSN 43073, year of manufacture 1946.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 26.1960°, -80.1808°.