Jacksonville - Tampa

On December 6, 1984 at 06:14 PM, Jacksonville - Tampa experienced a crash involving Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, operated by Provincetown-Boston Airline - PBA, with the event recorded near Jacksonville-Intl Florida.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

13 people were known to be on board, 13 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: 11, passenger fatalities: 11, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. At 18:12, flight 1039 was cleared for takeoff from runway 31. At 18:13, while over the departure end of the runway and climbing through 600 feet, the crew acknowledged a frequency change. Thirty seconds later, the airplane was seen in a steep a descent near the extended centerline of the runway. The Bandeirante struck the ground 7,800 feet beyond the departure end of runway 31 and 85 feet to the right of the extended runway centerline in an inverted nose down attitude, after which it caught fire and burned. Before ground impact, the horizontal stabilizer, including bulkhead No. 36, had separated from the fuselage. Both elevators and elevator tips, the tail cone assembly, and the aft portion of the ventral fin also had separated in flight. All 13 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N96PB, MSN 110-365, year of manufacture 1981.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 30.4937°, -81.6930°.