| Date: | Wednesday 6 September 1978 |
| Time: | 03:10 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-7CF |
| Owner/operator: | Advance Aviation Inc |
| Registration: | N244B |
| MSN: | 44876/673 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5 km S of Farmerville, LA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | Curaçao-Dr. Albert Plesman Airport (CUR/TNCC) |
| Almyra Municipal Airport, AR | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The DC-7 struck a heavily wooded area at 250 feet elevation. The aircraft caught fire. Thirty-five bales of marijuana were recovered from the wreckage.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - misjudged altitude and clearance
FACTOR:
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Fort Lauderdale International Airport, FL (FLL); March 1978
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