ASN Aircraft accident Fairchild C-82A-20-FA Packet N4832V Boca Raton Public Airport, FL (BCT)
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:Wednesday 8 August 1956
Time:05:05
Type:Silhouette image of generic C82 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Fairchild C-82A-20-FA Packet
Operator:Sky Spray
Registration: N4832V
MSN: 10070
First flight: 1946
Total airframe hrs:1016
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-85
Crew:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Total:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Boca Raton Public Airport, FL (BCT) (   United States of America)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Agricultural
Departure airport:Miami-Masters Field, FL, United States of America
Destination airport:Boca Raton Public Airport, FL (BCT/KBCT), United States of America
Narrative:
The C-82 Packet plane operated on spraying missions in Florida. It had just completed a low-level mission against an infestation of Mediterranean fruit fly and was being ferried back from Miami-Masters Field, FL to Boca Raton Public Airport, FL (BCT). At an altitude of 200 feet smoke began to appear from the no. 2 engine. The aircraft was in a banking turn at the time and subsequently plummeted to the ground bursting into flames, the pilot having lost control due to differential thrust while the aircraft was in a turning manoeuvre.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was loss of power on the left engine and the drag-induced effect of the unfeathered left, propeller, resulting in loss of directional control during an attempted go-around."

Classification:

Loss of control

Sources:
» NTSB
» Fairchild C-82 Packet website / Simon Beck


Photos

photo of Fairchild-C-82A-20-FA-Packet-N4832V
accident date: 08-08-1956
type: Fairchild C-82A-20-FA Packet
registration: N4832V
 

Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Miami-Masters Field, FL to Boca Raton Public Airport, FL as the crow flies is 57 km (36 miles).

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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