The Zonk Air Accident Engineering and Construction Research Paper
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One of the causes of the aircraft accident is attributed to overweight. For instance, this aircraft that crashed was called 1980 PA-31-310. This aircraft could carry a maximum capacity of 6500 pounds. And the aircraft weight was, 6780 pounds (the overall weight of the passengers was 800 pounds, and the weight of the pilot was 180 pounds).