Breaking News: Small plane crash in Ft. Lauderdale

[Flying Illini]

While watching Fox news, waiting for the MJ verdict, they broke in with live coverage of a small plane that had crashed on what looked like a street near Ft. Lauderdale, FL. There was foam everywhere and firefighters still working to put out the blaze. Aircraft was a total loss. Initial reports were that the fuel tanks were full. No word on the condition of the pilot or whether or not there were any PAX on board.

Prayers to the pilot, pax? and families involved.

 

[Superpilot92]

It was a DC3 not a little plane. Hope all come out ok

 

[VampyreGTX]

edited to remove the fatalities comment, the 'victim' reference in the msnbc article implied they were killed, however, they supposedly walked away from the wreck and ensuing fire.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8206866/

It was a DC-3 headed to the islands.... what operator is that?

 

[joe_pilot]

Thoughts and best wishes to the families.
RIP

 

[Flying Illini]

It was a DC3 not a little plane. Hope all come out ok

Sorry, couldn't tell much from the video footage. I was looking on fox and cnn and didn't see an article, was just getting to msnbc.

RIP

 

[Answerguy]

http://www.nbc6.net/news/4603028/detail.html

Might be 587MB? I think its a super DC-3 due to the square wingtips on the photos.

Sounds like the pilots made it out! Hope no one was hurt on the ground.

 

[VampyreGTX]

Sounds like the pilots made it out! Hope no one was hurt on the ground.

Thank god! I thought they had been killed as the MSNBC article referred to them as 'victims.'

 

[Answerguy]

I've been trying to get ahold of the owners of 587mb. Still no luck. I know it had a trip today to the islands. Its based at opf.

 

[E46_guy]

Accoring to MSNBC, it was N3906J.

In better days: http://www.baaa-acro.com/Photos-37/N3906J.jpg

TB

 

[Traumahawk]

2 Crew and 1 pax all in Fair condition. "Sitting up and talking on cell phones".


Man, since they're ok, Now I can complain about the loss of another Gooney Bird still flying :-/

Thats the plane for my "furlough backup-plan"....that or a C-46

 

[Gateau]

It was CokeAir, heading down to Medellin to pick up a load. Those guys have to fly low to stay under the radar.

 

[C601]

IMO this aircraft was kept in poor condition, i used to see it over at the North side of FLL , should of been scraped along time ago

 

[Groundpounder]

I saw the a/c take off today. It rotated at about the normal spot, but then it started smoking from the left engine. Seems like they never got far out of ground effect, and they dissapeared from view behind some buildings. A few moments later I saw a huge cloud of smoke.

From what the news said, they had to fly 'around' a hospital, then tried to put it down on a street in a residential neighborhood. Somehow they didn't hit any houses, and they still made it out fine.

I am sure glad the crew made it fine, but its said to see a rare Super DC-3 end up a pile of rubble.

Oh yeah, they were operating under the name "Air Pony Express", and were based here at FXE.

 

[Folding_Expert]

Heh. DC-3 is anything but a small bird.

Glad everyone made it out alive.

 

[Lead Sled]

I got a phone call from my son last night. He saw it happen. He watched as it went down and go behind some buildings, then he heard the crash and saw the smoke as it burned. It happened across the street from where he lived when he first moved to FLL. Those are 3 very lucky dudes.

'Sled

 

[414Flyer]

I just saw a the pilot being interviewed on fox. Lucky guy, sounds like he has survived a previous crash too in a ch-47, shot down..

 

[Biatch5]

I saw those DC-9 out of Palm Beach (a lot) and Ft. Lauderdale every now and then

Charter I believe

Saw them in the bahamas too

 

[wxman13]

Gotta love how the MSNBC article refers to it as a "half-century old" plane. Makes it sound like an antique relic or something.

 

[FN FAL]

Gotta love how the MSNBC article refers to it as a "half-century old" plane. Makes it sound like an antique relic or something.

Look at the bright side, it's probably legal to own in C&R states.

 

[Biatch5]

Plane was bown for Marsh Harbour Bahamas (ahh I miss that place) supposedly taking 3,200 lbs of granitelocal south florida news report

Great piloting skills BTW

 

[Publishers]

This aircraft was originally at OPF and Then Air Pony Express moved to FXE where it was bit cheaper.

The pilot was the owner of the company and the co-pilot is an insurance agent that loves to fly and flies charter in this and a 402 at OPF.

According to the info, there are only 6 Super 3's, now 5 still flying. Another one flies from OPF still with the MB N number above.