ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328715
| Date: | Thursday 14 December 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-1-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | J. Rodriguez |
| Registration: | N4996E |
| MSN: | 12141 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Battle Creek, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Ground looped in a sugar cane field. The airplane was on a drugs smuggling flight (marijuana).
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - selected unsuitable terrain
pilot in command - misjudged distance and speed
FACTORS:
terrain - high vegetation
terrain - rough/uneven
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Fort Lauderdale International Airport, FL (FLL); October 1978
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