Douglas DC-6B AN-BFO

20 October 1975 · San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 20 October 1975 at about 14:15 local time, a Douglas DC-6B registered AN-BFO, operated by Other-Foreign Flag Carrier, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 20 October 1975 at 14:15
Classification: Accident
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States
Nearest airport: Puerto Rico Int'l
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6B
Registration: AN-BFO
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Other-Foreign Flag Carrier
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Managua, Nicaragua → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: A-0003

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

IMPROPERLY SECURED NOSE GR TORQUE LINKS DISCONNECTED. NSE WHL VIBRATION. FUSELAGE FRACTURED.

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-0003, 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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