| Date: | Friday 20 July 1979 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-6A |
| Owner/operator: | Kimex Inc |
| Registration: | N43865 |
| MSN: | 44657/623 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1955 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1,5 km off Kingston-Norman Manley International Airport (KIN) -
 Jamaica
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Gainesville-J R Alison Municipal Airport, FL (GNV/KGNV) |
| Kingston-Norman Manley International Airport (KIN/MKJP) |
The DC-6A cargo plane crashed into sea in about 10 feet of water while on the second approach to Kingston Airport (KIN), Jamaica. The first approach had to be abandoned when the plane came in too high.
The airplane carried a load of eggs from Gainesville, FL (GNV).
Sources:
The Virgin Islands Daily News - Jul 23, 1979
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Tucson-Davis Monthan AFB, AZ (DMA); October 1975
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