Beechcraft 80 Queen Air crash, May 25, 1991, Fort Lauderd...
Beechcraft 80 Queen Air accident on May 25, 1991 near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Florida, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Improper maintenance...
- Date: May 25, 1991
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air
- Location: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Florida, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Improper maintenance that cross-threaded a fuel nozzle injector fitting, causing a fuel leak onto the exhaust and a fire. The cause of the right engine power loss was not found.
A Beech 80 Queen Air on a ferry flight from Fort Lauderdale to Titusville lost its left engine in level flight, and the right engine then began losing power. The pilot made a forced landing on a highway, striking a vehicle, and a fire broke out. The NTSB found that a cross-threaded fuel nozzle fitting had caused a fuel leak onto the exhaust system.