ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-54Q (DC-4) N74AF Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport (BQN)
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Status:
Date:Monday 3 February 1992
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC4 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-54Q (DC-4)
Operator:West Indies Air Transport
Registration: N74AF
MSN: 22199
First flight: 1945
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport (BQN) (   Puerto Rico)
Phase: Taxi (TXI)
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
C-54 N74AF suffered a hydraulics failure while taxiing. The C-54 struck the right wing of Super Constellation HI-542CT and ran into a ditch. A fire broke out.

Classification:
Hydraulic system problem
Damaged on the ground

Sources:
» Jetstream
» Scramble 156
» Scramble 158


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accident date: 03-02-1992
type: Douglas C-54Q
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accident date: 03-02-1992
type: Douglas C-54Q
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photo of Douglas-C-54Q-N74AF
accident date: 03-02-1992
type: Douglas C-54Q
registration: N74AF
photo of Douglas-C-54Q-N74AF
accident date: 03-02-1992
type: Douglas C-54Q
registration: N74AF
 
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.
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