# NTSB MIA69O0010: Curtiss WRT C-46F, N3914, Nassau, Burkina Faso, April 2, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 2, 1969
- Place: Nassau, Burkina Faso · NASSAU, Bahamas
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 23, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 186025
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA69O0010
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA69O0010

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0013   69/4/2    NASSAU,BAHAMAS      CURTISS WRT C-46F   CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1250                    N3914               PX-  0  0  0  CORP/EXEC                 45, 17000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - NASSAU INTL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT                             IN FLIGHT: OTHER
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        REMARKS- SANK IN OCEAN. INJURY INDEX PRESUMED. INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF BAHAMAS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3914](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3914-1970-09-03), registration cancelled 1970-09-03, S/N 22445, built 1943 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CURTISS WRT C-46F
- Registry model: [Curtiss Wright C-46F](https://openairdocs.org/model/curtiss-wright-c-46f) (registry code 2622608) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Nassau Intl

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.

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