C-170A Totaled in FL

[Everett]

On Sunday it appears that we lost another great C-170A. It was on the west side of Ft. Lauderdale while trying to land on I-75 after apparantly running out of fuel. I read about it in the Monday 2-10-03 paper and was going to the same areas. By then the flat spot was cleaned up and you could tell where it was by the skid marks (cars, truck, etc) and the burned out spot.

The pilot was seriously hurt and his daughter was not seriously injured. The tail number looks like 9701A. It could have been 8701A. My old number was 9093A, for a 1949 "A". They were enroute from Clewiston, FL to North Perry, FL. The plane is a total loss.

Everett

[N1277D]

Here is the preliminary info on the accident. From the FAA records it is a 1949 170A SN 19162 registered to Fred Brown in Davie Fl.


IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 9701A Make/Model: C170 Description:
Date: 02/09/2003 Time: 2030

Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Serious Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Substantial

LOCATION
City: SHERIDAN State: FL Country: US

DESCRIPTION
ACFT CRASHED ON I-75. TWO POB, ONE SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES, THE OTHER
SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. SHERIDAN,
BROWARD COUNTY, FL.

INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 1 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 1 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:

WEATHER: VFR

OTHER DATA
Activity: Pleasure Phase: Landing Operation: General Aviation

Departed: UNKN Dep Date: Dep. Time:
Destination: UNKN Flt Plan: Wx Briefing:
Last Radio Cont:
Last Clearance:

FAA FSDO: FT LAUDERDALE, FL (SO17) Entry date: 02/10/2003