Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 05 MAY 1978 |
| Time: | 06:59 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-6A |
| Operator: | Surinam Airways |
| Registration: | N3493F |
| C/n / msn: | 44630/567 |
| First flight: | 1955 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport (PBM) (Suriname)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Curaçao-Hato International Airport (CUR/TNCC), Netherlands Antilles |
| Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport (PBM/SMJP), Suriname |
The DC-6 approached Paramaribo runway 10 in poor weather (200m visibility, decreasing) and struck trees 1800m short of the runway and 100 feet left of the extended centreline.
Sources:
» NTSB
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Curaçao-Hato International Airport to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport as the crow flies is 1678 km (1049 miles).
Distance from Curaçao-Hato International Airport to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport as the crow flies is 1678 km (1049 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.
