| Date: | Saturday 28 March 1981 |
| Time: | 15:55 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54B-1-DC (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | Caribbean Air Cargo, lsf Tuky Air Transport |
| Registration: | N98AS |
| MSN: | 10431 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off St. Croix -
 U.S. Virgin Islands
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Bridgetown-Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI/TBPB) |
| San Juan (unknown airport) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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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Sources:
NTSB
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