Douglas DC-6B N6520C

11 April 1964 · San Jose Costa Ri, Central America · Serious injuries

Summary

On 11 April 1964 at about 20:33 local time, a Douglas DC-6B registered N6520C, operated by Pan American World Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near San Jose Costa Ri, Central America. 25 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: 11 April 1964 at 20:33
Classification: Accident
Location: San Jose Costa Ri, Central America
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6B
Registration: N6520C
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 1-0075

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
25	0	1	0	24

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

INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION COSTA RICA GOVTMISC-TURBULENCE CAUSED BY NEARBY VOLCANO

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 1-0075, 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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Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
13 Jun 1964	North Am F-51 N6170U	Mateare Nicaragua, Central America no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
20 Oct 1964	No American F51D N6162U	Corinto Nicaragua, Central America no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
24 Dec 1964	Beechcraft R-35 N9713F	Utila Is Honduras, Central America no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
1 May 1965	No American F51D N6153U	Sta Teresa Nicrga, Central America no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
25 Mar 1963	Boeing 707 N7072	Panama Cty, Central America no coordinates	Braniff Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
15 Aug 1963	Douglas DC-7C N5906	Panama Cty, Central America no coordinates	Braniff Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-

All 33 records in Central America