- Date
- April 4, 1978
- Place
- N Caicos, Tokelau · N CAICOS,BWI, Turks And Caicos Islands
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N88909Douglas C-54
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 141624
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0035 78/4/4 N CAICOS,BWI DOUGLAS C-54 CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1530 N88909 PX- 0 0 4 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88909
- Reported as
- Douglas C-54
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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