- Date
- March 2, 1973
- Place
- San Salvador, Burkina Faso · SAN SALVADOR, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 22 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6574Douglas DC-3C
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730302011519A
- Case key
- 173336
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0016 73/3/2 SAN SALVADOR,BHMA DOUGLAS DC-3C CR- 0 1 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1850 N6574 PX- 0 0 20 CTR PASSG-I 34, 6900 TOTAL HOURS, 700 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN SALVADOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FLA SAN SALVADOR,BHMA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- PLT DIDNT SEE LTD WIND SOCK,LND DOWNWIND.RAN INTO OCEAN.INVEST & REPTD BY GOVT OF BAHAMAS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6574
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Salvador
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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.