Accidents
Accidents: May 2013

Preliminary Report: Cheyenne Crashes on Go-around

Piper Cheyenne, March 15, 2013, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (FXE)–The NTSB reports that the aircraft might have been attempting to return to the airport after encountering an unspecified power failure when it crashed shortly after takeoff at 4:20 p.m. The turboprop twin had departed FXE eastbound on 6,000-foot-long Runway 8 for a short maintenance flight and was expected to make a left turn northwest. Instead, after takeoff it banked sharply right back toward the airport just after the pilot said he was experiencing an “emergency.” The aircraft crashed in a nearby parking lot after it appeared to stall, killing the pilot and two passengers, according to the NTSB.