Douglas DC-3C N6574

2 March 1973 · San Salvador, Other-Foreign Countries · Serious injuries

Summary

On 2 March 1973 at about 18:50 local time, a Douglas DC-3C registered N6574, operated by Abute Internat, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near San Salvador, Other-Foreign Countries. 23 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 2 March 1973 at 18:50
Classification: Accident
Location: San Salvador, Other-Foreign Countries
Nearest airport: San Salvador
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3C
Registration: N6574
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Abute Internat
Operating rule: Contract Carrier
Purpose of flight: Charter-Passg-International
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Miami, Fla → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 6-0016

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
23	0	1	0	22

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

PLT DIDNT SEE LTD WIND SOCK, LND DOWNWIND.RAN INTO OCEAN.INVEST & REPTD BY GOVT OF BAHAMAS.

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 6-0016, 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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