| Date: | Saturday 24 November 1979 |
| Time: | 02:08 |
| Type: |  Convair CV-440-86 |
| Owner/operator: | Mackey International Airlines |
| Registration: | N444JM |
| MSN: | 419 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 46 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Freeport-Grand Bahama International Airport (FPO) -
 Bahamas
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Freeport-Grand Bahama International Airport (FPO/MYGF) |
| Fort Lauderdale International Airport, FL (FLL/KFLL) |
Convair CV-440 N444JM departed Freeport on a charter flight to Fort Lauderdale. On climbout a fire erupted in the right main landing gear wheel well. The pilot decided to return to Freeport. While approaching the airport, the no. 2 engine tore away. The Convair veered off the runway on landing and ended up 225 feet left of the centerline in the water.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Fort Lauderdale International Airport, FL (FLL); October 1979
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