ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327993
| Date: | Monday 26 October 1981 |
| Time: | 18:24 |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-749A Constellation (VC-121B) |
| Owner/operator: | Aerolineas Argo |
| Registration: | HI-328 |
| MSN: | 2607 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1949 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | W off Saint Thomas Airport (STT) -
 U.S. Virgin Islands
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Saint Croix-Alexander Hamilton Airport (STX/TISX) |
| Saint Thomas Airport (STT/TIST) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Constellation struck the sea while in right turn to runway 09. The aircraft had just performed a turn to avoid other traffic.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - misjudged altitude and clearance
FACTOR:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - aircraft came to rest in water
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); January 1980
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