# Accident 20131203025369A: Aero Commander 680-E, Cresent City, FL, December 3, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2013, 09:40 local time
- Place: Cresent City, FL
- Airport: Jim Finley Farm Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4386° N, 81.5764° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4386&lon=-81.5764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71DF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71DF-2018-02-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 680-E (registry code 0141604, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-680-e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series (registry code 41529, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-gso-igso-480-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER 680-E
- Reported engine: LYCOMING GSO&IGSO-480
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 4
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 14,950 total, 62 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14CA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131203025369A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON DECEMBER 3, 2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 0937 AN AERO COMMANDER 680-E, N71DF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COLLIDED WITH SEVERAL TREES UPON TAKE OFF FROM JIM FINLAY FARM AIRPORT (28FL), CRESENT CITY, FLORIDA.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.  THE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND WERE TREATED AT PUTNAM COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AND RELEASED IN THE AFTERNOON OF DECEMBER 3, 2013.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA14CA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA061), Dec 3, 2013: Aero Commander 680E (N71DF), Crescent City, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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