ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 325437
| Date: | Friday 18 September 1992 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-118A (DC-6) |
| Owner/operator: | AeroEjecutivos |
| Registration: | YV-502C |
| MSN: | 44656/619 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1955 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 240 km NW off Curaçao [Caribbean Sea] -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Curaçao-Hato International Airport (CUR/TNCC) |
| Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
The DC-6 cargo plane crashed into the sea while en route from Curaçao to Miami. The accident happened at night. Weather along the route was poor with a heavy build up of thunderstorms.
Sources:
Flight International
Scramble 160
World Aircraft Accident Summary - CAP 479 / Airclaims
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); January 1992
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