- Date
- September 21, 1978
- Place
- Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N407DDouglas DC-3
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780921045379A
- Case key
- 139533
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4127 78/9/21 MISSING AIRCRAFT DOUGLAS DC-3 CR- 4 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - UNK/NR N407D PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 54, 15227 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 3000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT LAUDERDALE,FL HAVANA,CUBA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- AIRCRAFT DAMAGE AND INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N407D
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N407DRegistration cancelled Jun 4, 2012 · Douglas DC3Airframe modelDouglas DC3Engine modelWright 1820G-2-3&5
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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.