Status:	Definitief
Datum:	08 AUG 1956
Tijd:	05:05
Type:	Fairchild C-82A-20-FA Packet
Luchtvaartmaatschappij:	Sky Spray
Registratie:	N4832V
Constructienummer:	10070
Bouwjaar:	1044
Aantal vlieguren:	1016
Motoren:	2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-85
Bemanning:	slachtoffers: 2 / inzittenden: 2
Passagiers:	slachtoffers: 3 / inzittenden: 3
Totaal:	slachtoffers: 5 / inzittenden: 5
Schade:	Vernield
Gevolgen:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Plaats:	Boca Raton Public Airport, FL (BCT) (Verenigde Staten)
Fase:	Nadering (APR)
Soort vlucht:	Sproeivlucht
Vliegveld van vertrek:	Miami-Masters Field, FL, Verenigde Staten
Vliegveld van aankomst:	Boca Raton Public Airport, FL (BCT/KBCT), Verenigde Staten

Beschrijving:
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 nr.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: "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."

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