- Date
- April 11, 1964
- Place
- San Jose, Serbia · SAN JOSE, Costa Rica
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 24 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6520CDouglas DC-6B
- Status
- Completed · report May 4, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185605
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0075 64/4/11 NR.SAN JOSE COSTA RI DOUGLAS DC-6B CR- 0 1 4 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2033 N6520C PX- 0 0 20 44, 14440 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 4629 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION COSTA RICA GOVTMISC-TURBULENCE CAUSED BY NEARBY VOLCANO
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6520C
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-6B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage