Douglas C-54B N98AS

28 March 1981 · St.croix, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Fatal

Summary

On 28 March 1981 at about 15:55 local time, a Douglas C-54B registered N98AS, operated by Other-Foreign Flag Carrier, was involved in an accident during in flight near St.croix, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 2 people were on board and one died, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 28 March 1981 at 15:55
Classification: Accident
Location: St.croix, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas C-54B
Registration: N98AS
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Other-Foreign Flag Carrier
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Barbados, West Indies → San Juan, Pr
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: A-0004

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	1	0	1	0

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

ACFT DITCHED FOL UNCONTROLLABLE FIRE IN NO.3 ENG.COPILOT DROWNED.OPER BY CARIBBEAN AIR CARGO, LMTD.

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 A-0004, 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.

Also in

Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 136 Other-Foreign Flag Carrier 48 Douglas C-54B 8 1981 3,878

Other Douglas C-54B accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
16 Sep 1976	Douglas C-54B N88939	Grand Turk, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Other-Foreign Flag Carrier	No injuries	-
28 Jun 1976	Douglas C-54B N74183	Chico, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
30 Apr 1990	Douglas C-54B N67109	Chico, California, United States no coordinates	Usda, U.s. Forestry Service	No injuries	-
13 Jun 1968	Douglas C-54B HC-ANL	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Other-Foreign Flag Carrier	No injuries	-
3 Oct 1966	Douglas C-54B N88938	Miami Fla, Florida, United States no coordinates	Southern Air Transport, Inc.	No injuries	-
9 May 1962	Douglas C-54B N88894	Ackerly, Texas, United States no coordinates	Slick Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-

All 8 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
2 Feb 1981	Piper PA-32 N9637C	Aruba, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
2 Jun 1981	Brittnorman BN-2A N28377	Nassau, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Pinders Charte	Minor injuries	-
17 May 1981	Piper PA-31 N35803	Grand Cayman, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
3 Dec 1981	Bell 206B N5006Y	Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
8 Dec 1981	Piper PA-60 N6897X	Sebastian, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Piper Aircraft	Fatal	2
17 Sep 1981	Piper PA-23 N438SB	Cuba, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	1

All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.