# Accident 20181201023099A: Cessna 335, Fort Lauderdale, FL, December 1, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 2018, 13:26 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.2039° N, 80.1583° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2039&lon=-80.1583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79HP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79HP-2021-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 335 (registry code 2075601, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-335) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 335
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL MOTORS TSIO 520
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19FA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181201023099A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 09. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF PILOT REPORTED FIRE IN LEFT ENGINE THEN LOSS OF POWER FROM LEFT ENGINE. PILOT TURNED LEFT TO ATTEMP TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A BUSINESS PARK PARKING LOT NEAR THE AIRPORT BOUNDARY AND STRUCK AN OFFICE BUILDING. AIRCRAFT WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE AND BOTH OCCUPANTS SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 ERA19FA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA060), Dec 1, 2018: Cessna 335 (N79HP), Fort Lauderdale, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to fly the unairworthy airplane and his failure to feather the left propeller following a partial loss of power from the left engine after takeoff. Also causal was the…

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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