# Accident 19800915082179A: Doug DC6B, Great Inagua, Bahamas, September 15, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1980, 19:00 local time
- Place: Great Inagua, Bahamas
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N9018N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9018N-2013-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-6B (registry code 3021712, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-6b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC6B
- Reported engine: PWA CB17
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800915082179A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT WAS DITCHED IN OCEAN AFTER THREE ENGINES HAD TO BE SHUT DOWN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA80FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA104), Sep 15, 1980: Douglas DC-6B (N9018N), Haiti-In Ocean (Atlantic Ocean), destroyed, 3 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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