Miami-Opa Locka – Saint Petersburg

On September 12, 1980 at 09:55 AM, Miami-Opa Locka – Saint Petersburg experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 65 Queen Air, operated by John Matthews, with the event recorded near Saint Petersburg-Clearwater 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.

6 people were known to be on board, 6 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: 5, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On approach to St Petersburg-Clearwater Airport, while in traffic pattern, the pilot lost control of the airplane that stalled, entered a spin and crashed. All six occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N625GP, MSN LC-210, year of manufacture 1966.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 27.9099°, -82.6877°.