| Date: | Friday 8 August 1975 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Rich International Airways |
| Registration: | N4873V |
| MSN: | 22415 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 0,8 km NW off Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport (BQN) -
 Puerto Rico
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | St. Petersburg International Airport, FL (PIE/KPIE) |
| Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport (BQN/TJBQ) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Both engines stopped producing power short of Aguadilla. The engines were secured and the crew ditched the C-46 off Borinquen Airport in 15 m deep water. The aircraft hadn't been refueled at St. Petersburg. The aircraft carried 9000 lb (4082 kg) of dynamite.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Inadequate preflight preparation; improper in-flight decisions or planning and mismanagement of the fuel system."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Flight International 21 August 75 (246)
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); 27 August 1973
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