Douglas C-54B N88938

3 October 1966 · Miami Fla, Florida, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 3 October 1966 at about 18:11 local time, a Douglas C-54B registered N88938, operated by Southern Air Transport, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Miami Fla, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 3 October 1966 at 18:11
Classification: Accident
Location: Miami Fla, Florida, United States
Nearest airport: Miami Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas C-54B
Registration: N88938
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Southern Air Transport, Inc.
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0059

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

CO-PLT INTENDED TO RAISE FLAPS. LNDG GR SFTY SWITCH INOPERATIVE DUE WIND-GST THAT RAISED RT WING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 1-0059, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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28 Mar 1981	Douglas C-54B N98AS	St.croix, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Other-Foreign Flag Carrier	Fatal	1
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