ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328121
Date: | Saturday 28 March 1981 |
Time: | 15:55 |
Type: | Douglas C-54B-1-DC (DC-4) |
Owner/operator: | Caribbean Air Cargo |
Registration: | N98AS |
MSN: | 10431 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | off St. Croix -
U.S. Virgin Islands
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Bridgetown-Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI/TBPB) |
Destination airport: | San Juan (unknown airport) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The no. 3 engine caught fire. The fire was extinguished and the prop feathered. The DC-4 then suffered control difficulties and had to be ditched as a consequence. The aircraft sank after 45 minutes.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
miscellaneous - undetermined
FACTORS:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - fire in engine
miscellaneous acts,conditions - aircraft came to rest in water
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MIA81FA057 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
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