Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 02 MAY 1989 |
| Time: | 20:30 EDT |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-90-DL |
| Operator: | Monroe County Mosquito Control District |
| Registration: | N28889 |
| C/n / msn: | 20520 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10317 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Summerland Key, FL (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Maneuvering (MNV) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Marathon-Florida Keys Airport, FL (MTH/KMTH), United States of America |
| Marathon-Florida Keys Airport, FL (MTH/KMTH), United States of America |
Crashed into water after striking 40 feet high mangrove trees during a mosquito spray operation.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of the pilot-in-command to assure proper altitude and clearance was maintained above the terrain and trees. The trees and light condition at dusk were contributing factors." Events:
Sources:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 5/90 (#19)
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Distance from Marathon-Florida Keys Airport, FL to Marathon-Florida Keys Airport, FL as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Marathon-Florida Keys Airport, FL to Marathon-Florida Keys Airport, FL as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
