- Date
- June 21, 1973
- Place
- Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N296Douglas DC-7C
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730621032129A
- Case key
- 190252
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1561 73/6/21 MIAMI,FLA DOUGLAS DC-7C CR- 3 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0326 N296 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS 41, 10000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 3000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FLA LA ROMANO,DOM REP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: PUMPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN WING WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 81 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 90 11 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LOST CTL DUE TURBC OR INFLT FIRE OR BOTH.UN TO ESTAB TIMELY RADIO CONTACT W DEP CTL.PART 91D OPN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N296
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-7C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Miami Intl
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.