PB crash ...

From the thread title, I assumed that the Purple Board had a hard-drive crash. Sorry that it is more serious than that.
 
On another forum a witness claimed the thing turned into a giant fireball. So what happened? Base to final stall? VMC rollover? Loosing one engine doesn't itself turn the aircraft into a ballistic missile.
 
Where is the tail of the aircraft? If you look at the picture it is nowhere to be found and the firefighter says "unable to locate the tail section". That is pretty weird for a takeoff accident; inflight breakup due to a thunderstorm maybe. Did they loose an engine, stomp on the rudder and break the plane in 1/2 up in the air similar to the Airbus that crashed over New York just after 9/11. Why else would it be missing?
 
I'm sure the plane was well witin the Va envelope, I doubt control input did anything to damage the airframe but speculation gets us nowhere.. Godspeed to all aboard.
 
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** Report created 11/12/2010 Record 9 **
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IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 883FT Make/Model: PA44 Description: PA-44 Seminole, Turbo Seminole
Date: 11/11/2010 Time: 2302

Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Destroyed

LOCATION
City: WEST PALM BEACH State: FL Country: US

DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES; THREE PERSONS ONBOARD FATALLY
INJURED; ONE PERSON ONBOARD CRITICAL INJURY; WEST PALM BEACH, FL

INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 3
# Crew: 3 Fat: 3 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 1 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:

WEATHER: KPBI 112322Z 03007KT 10SM SCT048 24/12 A3012

OTHER DATA
Activity: Unknown Phase: Unknown Operation: OTHER
 
I'm not religious but:
ז"ל
In Hebrew that means RIP
It is really sad to read about fellow pilots passing away.
No matter what the reason is.
 
flyingcheesehead said:
********************************************************************************
** Report created 11/12/2010 Record 9 **
********************************************************************************

IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 883FT Make/Model: PA44 Description: PA-44 Seminole, Turbo Seminole
Date: 11/11/2010 Time: 2302

Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Destroyed

LOCATION
City: WEST PALM BEACH State: FL Country: US

DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES; THREE PERSONS ONBOARD FATALLY
INJURED; ONE PERSON ONBOARD CRITICAL INJURY; WEST PALM BEACH, FL

INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 3
# Crew: 3 Fat: 3 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 1 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:

WEATHER: KPBI 112322Z 03007KT 10SM SCT048 24/12 A3012

OTHER DATA
Activity: Unknown Phase: Unknown Operation: OTHER
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Oh so somebody survived?
 
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