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Palm Beach Cessna Crash in John Prince Park

What: 1980 Cessna 421 en route from Lantana airport
Where: John Prince Park in Lake Worth
When: December 8, 2012
Who: 1 fatality
Why: The Cessna slammed into a stand of palm trees at 1:30 p.m. on the south shore of Square Lake, exploding at John Prince Park, west of Lake Worth, on Saturday afternoon. The pilot died in the impact.

The park is located between Palm Beach State College and Lantana airport. People who were at the park who witnessed the crash described the explosion and black smoke. THey immediately tried to help but the plane burst into flames.

The plane was registered to SDSEF Leasing of Miami Lakes.

Thirty minutes after impact, Palm Beach County sheriff’s cars and Palm Beach County Fire Rescue vehicles arrived and secured the area.

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