Rockwell Aero Commander 560 crash, Aug 22, 1995 (1 killed)
Rockwell Aero Commander 560 accident on August 22, 1995 near Miami-Opa Locka, Florida, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: Failure of the unqualified...
- Date: August 22, 1995
- Aircraft: Rockwell Aero Commander 560
- Location: Miami-Opa Locka, Florida, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Failure of the unqualified pilot to maintain airspeed, resulting in a stall; contributing were the unauthorized use of an aircraft with taped static ports and the failure to preflight it.
A non-certificated pilot took a twin-engine Aero Commander 560F without the owner's permission and flew the traffic pattern at Opa Locka. On base leg to final the airplane stalled and dived into the ground. Its static ports had been taped over for avionics work and the pilot had not checked them during preflight.