Bartow – Saint Petersburg

On December 1, 1985 at 08:40 AM, Bartow – Saint Petersburg experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 60 Duke, operated by Prestress Supply, with the event recorded near Lakeland Florida.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The pilot stated that he experienced a loss of power in both engines, made an emergency landing in a cow pasture, and struck a cow on landing rollout. Due to the extent of post crash fire no determination could be made as to the nature of the malfunction of the engines described by the pilot.

Aircraft reference details include registration N7080D, MSN P-30, year of manufacture 1969.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 28.0395°, -81.9498°.