De Havilland DH104 N979JC

6 January 1972 · St.mrtn, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Minor injuries

Summary

On 6 January 1972 at about 11:45 local time, a De Havilland DH104 registered N979JC was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near St.mrtn, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 7 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 6 January 1972 at 11:45
Classification: Accident
Location: St.mrtn, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Nearest airport: Princess Juliana
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: De Havilland DH104
Registration: N979JC
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: San Juan, Pr → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0010

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
7	0	0	1	6

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 THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVTOF NETHERLANDS ANTILLES.

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 6-0010, 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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Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 136 De Havilland DH104 15 1972 4,478

Other De Havilland DH104 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
4 Mar 1972	De Havilland DH104 N4967N	Honolulu, Hawaii, United States no coordinates	Blue Sky Airli	No injuries	-
14 Mar 1972	De Havilland DH104 N562PR	San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States no coordinates	Puerto Rico I*	No injuries	-
15 May 1973	De Havilland DH104 N4041B	Moses Lake, Washington, United States no coordinates	Heron Leasing	Minor injuries	-
27 Dec 1971	De Havilland DH104 N6307T	San Carlos, California, United States no coordinates	Trans National	No injuries	-
16 May 1974	De Havilland DH.104 N153PC	S.francisco, California, United States no coordinates	RAM Airlines *	No injuries	-
18 Nov 1969	De Havilland DH104 N427LA	Laverne, California, United States no coordinates	Los Angeles AI	Minor injuries	-

All 15 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
4 Aug 1972	Cessna 177 N3329T	N Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	South Dade AVI	Minor injuries	-
14 Jun 1972	Piper PA-28R N7573J	N.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Bush Aviation	No injuries	-
12 Oct 1972	Aero Comdr 680-E N4900	No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Flamingo Airli	Fatal	2
14 Jul 1972	Boeing 747 N9664	No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
15 May 1972	Piper PA-28 N3646K	No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
31 Dec 1972	Lake LA-4 N39384	Governors Hrbr, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Trails Aviatio	Minor injuries	-

All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.