Rockwell Grand Commander 680 crash, Feb 14, 1980 (2 killed)
Rockwell Grand Commander 680 accident on February 14, 1980 near Sebring, Florida, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: Airframe failure in flight...
- Date: February 14, 1980
- Aircraft: Rockwell Grand Commander 680
- Location: Sebring, Florida, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Airframe failure in flight after the pilot, apparently spatially disoriented, entered a dive. Contributing factors were exceeding the aircraft's design stress limits, inadequate maintenance and inspection, and overload failure of the wing spars.
Rockwell Grand Commander 680FL N662B departed Clewiston in the afternoon. En route control was lost and the aircraft entered a dive, the wings separated in flight and it crashed near Sebring, killing both occupants.