Douglas DC-4 N3821

8 March 1969 · Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported · Fatal

Summary

On 8 March 1969, a Douglas DC-4 registered N3821, operated by US Airways Inc, was involved in an accident during unknown/not reported near Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 8 March 1969
Classification: Accident
Location: Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-4
Registration: N3821
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: US Airways Inc
Operating rule: Contract Carrier
Purpose of flight: Charter-Cargo-International
Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Light: Unknown/Not Reported
NTSB number: 3-1675

People

3 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	3	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

T/O FROM HALIFAX, N.S. WITH FLT PLAN ROUTE TO SANTA MARIA, AZORES.ACFT DAMAGE, INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.

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 3-1675, 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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