- Date
- August 27, 1978
- Place
- Muscat, Mauritius · MUSCAT, Oman
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N122ADouglas DC-6
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780827041499A
- Case key
- 139545
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0008 78/8/27 NR.MUSCAT,OMAN DOUGLAS DC-6 CR- 4 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 2215 N122A PX- 0 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N122A
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N122ARegistration cancelled Jun 25, 2009 · Douglas DC-6BAirframe modelDouglas DC-6BEngine modelPratt & Whitney WMAJ series
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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.