Venice - West Palm Beach

On January 27, 1988 at 09:47 AM, Venice - West Palm Beach experienced a crash involving Cessna 411, operated by William J. Brien, with the event recorded near Venice Florida.

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

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Witnesses stated that the aircraft was climbing and just after takeoff, the left wing dropped, the aircraft then leveled off, climbed approximately 75 more feet. The aircraft then abruptly turned hard left and went straight in, striking a wall surrounding a swimming pool, burst into flames and was consumed by post crash fire. Examination of the left engine revealed evidence that suggests that water was ingested into the cylinders prior to impact. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N235UV, MSN 411-0052, year of manufacture 1965.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 27.0998°, -82.4443°.