ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331474
Date: | Monday 23 June 1969 |
Time: | 15:42 |
Type: | Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair |
Owner/operator: | Dominicana de Aviacion |
Registration: | HI-168 |
MSN: | 16/10485 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Other fatalities: | 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 1,5 km from Miami International Airport, FL (MIA) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
Destination airport: | Santo Domingo-Las Américas International Airport (SDQ/MDSD) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Immediately after Flight 401 passed over the end of runway 12 following takeoff, heavy white smoke was seen emitting from the no. 2 engine and black puffs of smoke were seen coming from the no. 4 engine. The crew elected to return to the airport. The aircraft reached an altitude of about 300 feet and a left turn toward runway 27 was made. The Carvair lost height and crashed into buildings 1 mile short of the runway.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The confused action on the part of the crew while attempting to cope with the catastrophic failure of an engine during takeoff."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NTSB/AAR-70-17 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year 1 month |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB-AAR-70-17
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI); 14 August 1967
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