| Status: | Definitief |
| Datum: | 25 APR 1951 |
| Tijd: | 11:49 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
| Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Cubana de Aviación |
| Registratie: | CU-T188 |
| Constructienummer: | 10368 |
| Bouwjaar: | 1944 |
| Aantal vlieguren: | 13218 |
| Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 5 / inzittenden: 5 |
| Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 34 / inzittenden: 34 |
| Totaal: | slachtoffers: 39 / inzittenden: 39 |
| Botsingsslachtoffers: | slachtoffers: 4 |
| Schade: | Vernield |
| Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Plaats: | ca 1 km off Key West, FL (Verenigde Staten)
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| Fase: | Kruisvlucht (ENR) |
| Soort vlucht: | Internationale lijnvlucht |
| Vliegveld van vertrek: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA), Verenigde Staten |
| Vliegveld van aankomst: | Havana-Rancho Boyeros Airport (HAV/MUHA), Cuba |
| Vluchtnummer: | 493 |
Beschrijving:The Cubana aircraft, on a flight from Miami to Havana, was in, or had just performed, a gentle left bank leveling out on the Havana heading of 197 degrees when it collided with a US Navy Beech SNB-1 Kansan (39939) at an altitude of 4000 feet. The Navy plane was on an instrument training flight out of Key West-NAS. The SNB crashed into the water just west of the Naval Station, but the DC-4 continued for some distance before commencing a left bank which became progressively steeper until the aircraft assumed a nose-down attitude, crashing into the ocean 1,7 miles from the point of the collision.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of the crews of both aircraft to maintain sufficient vigilance under VFR conditions to prevent a collision."
Bronnen:
» CAB File No. F-104-51
» ICAO Aircraft Accident Digest No.2, Circular 24-AN/21 (93-94)
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
Foto's
Kaart
Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft
niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Miami International Airport, FL en Havana-Rancho Boyeros Airport bedraagt 376 km (235 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.