Fort Lauderdale – West Palm Beach

On April 9, 2011 at 01:57 PM, Fort Lauderdale – West Palm Beach experienced a crash involving Rockwell Sabreliner 60, operated by Sabre 60 Jet, with the event recorded near Fort Lauderdale-Executive Florida.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

On approach to West Palm Beach Airport, the crew encountered technical problems with the undercarriage that could not be lowered. The crew decided to return to his base in Fort Lauderdale. On final, the crew was again unable to lower the gear so the decision was taken to complete a wheels-up landing. The airplane landed on its belly on runway 08 then slid for few dozen metres before coming to rest. The occupants escaped uninjured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration N71CC, MSN 306-71, year of manufacture 1974.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 26.1960°, -80.1808°.