- Date
- October 20, 1971
- Place
- Gt.Inagua, Burkina Faso · GT.INAGUA, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N564ELockheed 1049H
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164590
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0038 71/10/20 NR.GT.INAGUA,BAHAMAS LOCKHEED 1049H CR- 4 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2205 N564E PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-I 44, 14000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 5000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTO DOMINGO,DR MIAMI,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- EXPLODED ON IMPACT WITH OCEAN. INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF BAHAMAS.DMG,INJ INDEX PRESUMED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N564E
- Reported as
- Lockheed 1049H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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