A DC-3 (N3906J) crashed and burnt out this afternoon (15.48) in a residential area of Fort Lauderdale. The crew of three are reported OK, and no injuries known to any other persons. The pilot seems to have managed to land on a road running through a densely packed mobile home park.
By: one0nine - 14th June 2005 at 15:11
According a news interview with the pilot, a fuel line came loose and caused one of the engines to burst into flames… nasty business! They did a fantastic job of getting that R4D down without any fatalities and as little damage as possible to the area (the plane, of course, is a pile of molten slag unfortunately).
Lynn
By: GASML - 14th June 2005 at 10:43
Phew, a close one when you look at the built up area it came down in.
Man, that is some airmanship by the crew to have got it down in that confined space – it will be intriguing to find out how the plot unravelled…….
Makes my practice forced landings into nice big green fields look a little tame!
By: whalebone - 14th June 2005 at 01:13
Phew, a close one when you look at the built up area it came down in.
By: Propstrike - 13th June 2005 at 23:53
Yeah, that’s why it is covered in close-shaving foam.
By: merlin70 - 13th June 2005 at 23:44
Blimey. A close shave allround.
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June 13, 2005 at 11:37 pm