Freeport - Fort Lauderdale

On September 23, 1985 at 12:42 PM, Freeport - Fort Lauderdale experienced a crash involving Cessna 402, operated by Gull Air - Air Florida Commuter, with the event recorded near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Florida.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Pilot ditched aircraft in Atlantic Ocean after losing power in both engines. The three occupants escaped uninjured and were picked up by a nearby boat. The aircraft sank in approximately 800 feet of water about 5 minutes after ditching. Post accident inspection of operator records along with a statement from the previous pilot who flew the aircraft revealed that approximately 26 pounds of fuel remained on board the aircraft at the time of the accident. Cessna Aircraft Company representative stated that the cessna 402C aircraft has an unusable fuel capacity of 44.4 pounds in critical flight attitudes and that this figure is lower in more normal attitudes.

Aircraft reference details include registration N402V, MSN 402C-0337, year of manufacture 1980.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 26.0720°, -80.1510°.