ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13610
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| Date: | Sunday 10 August 1980 |
| Time: | 20:20 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | V.G. Livingston |
| Registration: | N27906 |
| MSN: | 31-7952038 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport, near Dania, Florida -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport (FLL/KFLL) |
| Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport (FLL/KFLL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off (destroyed) 10 August 1980 when undercarriage retracted prematurely during take off run from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport (FLL/KFLL) Broward County, Florida (between Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood and Dania Beach, Florida) three miles (5 km) southwest of downtown Fort Lauderdale.
Aircraft was undergoing a post-maintainence test flight and settled back down on the runway after undercarriage retraction. Both propellers damaged due contact with runway. Both persons on board (crew of two - pilot and co pilot) were killed
Registration N27906 was belatedly cancelled by the FAA on 21 September 2012
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: MIA80FA090 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=30204&key=0_
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=27906
3. https://flightaware.com/resources/registration/N27906
4. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/fl/N27906/
5. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1980/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-fort-lauderdale-2-killed/]
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-May-2015 21:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2017 18:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2017 18:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 29-Oct-2019 17:55 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
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