Status:	Final
Date:	05 APR 1990
Time:	17:45
Type:	Lockheed C-121S Super Constellation
Operator:	Aerolineas Mundo - AMSA
Registration:	HI-515CT
C/n / msn:	4192
First flight:	1956
Total airframe hrs:	16822
Engines:	4 Wright R-3350
Crew:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3
Airplane damage:	Destroyed
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	off Levittown (Puerto Rico)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU/TJSJ), Puerto Rico
Destination airport:	Santo Domingo-Las Américas International Airport (SDQ/MDSD), Dominican Republic

Narrative:
The pilot took off on a three-engined (the no. 3 engine feathered) ferry flight without authorization. The no. 2 engine caught fire on climbout, followed by the a no. 1 engine failure. The Constellation was then ditched just offshore.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Fire of an undetermined origin that resulted in a loss of power in two engines during a three engine ferry flight. Factors related to the accident were: failure of the pilot to obtain the required authorization for the three engine ferry flight, and his operation of the aircraft with known deficiencies."

Events:

Sources:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 3/94 (#77)
» NTSB