Barstow - Lake City

On October 24, 1980 at 09:47 AM, Barstow - Lake City experienced a crash involving Beechcraft E18, operated by Tampa Air Centre, with the event recorded near Gainesville Florida.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 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: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route from Barstow to Lake City, the pilot informed ATC about the failure of the right engine and was cleared to divert to Gainesville Airport. On final, in a limited visibility due to fog, the twin engine airplane collided with electronic towers and crashed in a field, bursting into flames. All three occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N65V, MSN BA-144, year of manufacture 1956.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 29.6520°, -82.3250°.