Douglas DC-3 N1981W

2 October 1971 · St Maarten, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · No injuries

Summary

On 2 October 1971 at about 13:10 local time, a Douglas DC-3 registered N1981W was involved in an accident during in flight near St Maarten, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 2 October 1971 at 13:10
Classification: Accident
Location: St Maarten, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3
Registration: N1981W
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Ferry
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: St Croix, V.i. → S
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-4441

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

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

CAUSE OF FUEL STARVATION UNDETERMINED. SANK IN NORTH ATLANTIC.

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 3-4441, 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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