Douglas C-54D HI-168

23 June 1969 · Miami, Florida, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 23 June 1969 at about 14:42 local time, a Douglas C-54D registered HI-168, operated by Other-Foreign Flag Carrier, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Miami, Florida, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 23 June 1969 at 14:42
Classification: Accident
Location: Miami, Florida, United States
Nearest airport: Miami Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas C-54D
Registration: HI-168
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Other-Foreign Flag Carrier
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Santa Domingo, Domini
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: A-0002

People

4 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	4	0	0	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

NR 2 ENG FAILED, CREW FEATH NR 4.OVR MAX GROSS WTMISC-CONFUSED ACTION BY CREW FOLLOWING ENG FAILURE

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-0002, 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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