ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330249
| Date: | Friday 2 March 1973 |
| Time: | 18:50 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Arute International Air |
| Registration: | N6574 |
| MSN: | 4388 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 23 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | San Salvador Airport (ZSA) -
 Bahamas
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
| San Salvador Airport (ZSA/MYSM) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot did not notice the windsock on the airport of San Salvador and landed downwind. The airplane overran the runway and ended up in the water.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - selected wrong runway relative to existing wind
pilot in command - misjudged distance and speed
airports/airways/facilities - airport conditions: wet runway
FACTORS:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - downwind
miscellaneous acts,conditions - aircraft came to rest in water
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB File 6-0016
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