Douglas C-54 N88909

4 April 1978 · N Caicos, Other-Foreign Countries · No injuries

Summary

On 4 April 1978 at about 15:30 local time, a Douglas C-54 registered N88909 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near N Caicos, Other-Foreign Countries. 6 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: 4 April 1978 at 15:30
Classification: Accident
Location: N Caicos, Other-Foreign Countries
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas C-54
Registration: N88909
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Not recorded
Purpose of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0035

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
6	0	0	0	6

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.

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 6-0035, 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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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
14 Aug 1984	Douglas C-54 N74183	Ft.lauderdale, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
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8 Aug 1978	Aero Comdr 560E N6227B	Bimini, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	-	Fatal	6
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3 Nov 1978	Cessna 182 N7057S	Grand Bahama, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
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All 247 records in Other-Foreign Countries