Narrative:
Both engines stopped producing power short of Aguadilla. The engines were secured and the crew ditched the C-46 off Borinquen Airport in 15 m deep water. The aircraft hadn't been refueled at St. Petersburg. The aircraft carried 9000 lb (4082 kg) of dynamite.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Inadequate preflight preparation; improper in-flight decisions or planning and mismanagement of the fuel system."
All engine powerloss
Ditching
accident date: 08-08-1975
type: Curtiss C-46F Commando
registration: N4873V
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Friday 8 August 1975 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Operator: | Rich International Airways |
| Registration: | N4873V |
| MSN: | 22415 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 0,8 km (0.5 mls) NW off Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport (BQN) ( Puerto Rico)
|
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | St. Petersburg International Airport, FL (PIE/KPIE), United States of America |
| Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport (BQN/TJBQ), Puerto Rico |
Both engines stopped producing power short of Aguadilla. The engines were secured and the crew ditched the C-46 off Borinquen Airport in 15 m deep water. The aircraft hadn't been refueled at St. Petersburg. The aircraft carried 9000 lb (4082 kg) of dynamite.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Inadequate preflight preparation; improper in-flight decisions or planning and mismanagement of the fuel system."
Classification:
Fuel exhaustion All engine powerloss
Ditching
Sources:
» Flight International 21 August 75 (246)Photos
accident date: 08-08-1975
type: Curtiss C-46F Commando
registration: N4873V
Map
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 St. Petersburg International Airport, FL to Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport as the crow flies is 1889 km (1181 miles).
Distance from St. Petersburg International Airport, FL to Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport as the crow flies is 1889 km (1181 miles).
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