Date: | Friday 8 August 1975 |
Time: | 15:30 |
Type: | Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
Owner/operator: | Rich International Airways |
Registration: | N4873V |
MSN: | 22415 |
Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 0,8 km NW off Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport (BQN) -
Puerto Rico
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | St. Petersburg International Airport, FL (PIE/KPIE) |
Destination airport: | Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport (BQN/TJBQ) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | |
Report number: | MIA76AM013 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
Flight International 21 August 75 (246)
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); 27 August 1973
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