- Date
- May 5, 1978
- Place
- Zandery, NS · ZANDERY, Suriname
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3493FDouglas DC-6A
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 141712
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B-0002 78/5/5 NR.ZANDERY,SURINAM DOUGLAS DC-6A CR- 0 0 3 SCHED INTERNATL CARGO SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 0659 N3493F PX- 0 0 0 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - OTHER-FOREIGN FLAG CARRIER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH REMARKS- SURINAM AIRWAYS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3493F
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-6A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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