- Date
- September 30, 1983, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Matacumbe Key, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N70CRockwell 560E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830930052479A
- Case key
- 30811
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft crashed in the water in an isolated area of the Florida bay while in a near inverted, left wing low, nose down attitude & at a high rate of descent with slow forward speed. The landing gear were down & locked, & the flaps were extended about 10 degs. Examination of the cargo door revealed evidence to suggest that it was not hinged to the acft during impact. The purpose of the flt is still under investigation by other gov't agencies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70C
- Reported as
- Rockwell 560E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 549
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-480-C1B6, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Allan Jeffries
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,525 total · 35 in this make and model · 1,325 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 100° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Observed at
- EYW, 55 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.