- Date
- March 28, 1981
- Place
- St.Croix, VI (Atlantic Ocean)
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N98ASDouglas C-54B
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 126605
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A-0004 81/3/28 NR.ST.CROIX,VI DOUGLAS C-54B CR- 1 0 1 NS/CTR REVENUE CARGO INTL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 9622 TIME - 1555 N98AS PX- 0 0 0 TOTAL HOURS, 1227 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - OTHER-FOREIGN FLAG CARRIER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BARBADOS,WEST INDIES SAN JUAN,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- ACFT DITCHED FOL UNCONTROLLABLE FIRE IN NO.3 ENG.COPILOT DROWNED.OPER BY CARIBBEAN AIR CARGO,LMTD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98AS
- Reported as
- Douglas C-54B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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