Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 16 APR 1979 |
| Time: | 00:30 |
| Type: | Convair CV-440 |
| Operator: | Jose Benitez |
| Registration: | N94480 |
| C/n / msn: | 211 |
| First flight: | 1954 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Key West, FL (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Key West International Airport, FL (EYW/KEYW), United States of America |
| Key West International Airport, FL (EYW/KEYW), United States of America |
Damaged beyond repair after carrying out an emergency landing following engine failure.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
powerplant - miscellaneous: powerplant failure for undetermined reasons
FACTORS:
airports/airways/facilities - airport conditions: other
miscellaneous acts,conditions - ran off end of runway Sources:
» Airnieuws 365
» NTSB
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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 Key West International Airport, FL to Key West International Airport, FL as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Key West International Airport, FL to Key West International Airport, FL as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
