Douglas C-54B N88939

16 September 1976 · Grand Turk, Other-Foreign Countries · No injuries

Summary

On 16 September 1976 at about 16:30 local time, a Douglas C-54B registered N88939, operated by Other-Foreign Flag Carrier, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Grand Turk, Other-Foreign Countries. 2 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: 16 September 1976 at 16:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Grand Turk, Other-Foreign Countries
Nearest airport: Grand Turk Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas C-54B
Registration: N88939
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Other-Foreign Flag Carrier
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Miami, Fl → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: B-0001

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

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 JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF BWI-TURKS AIR LTD.

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 B-0001, 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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Other-Foreign Countries 247 Other-Foreign Flag Carrier 48 Douglas C-54B 8 1976 4,367

Other Douglas C-54B accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
28 Jun 1976	Douglas C-54B N74183	Chico, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
28 Mar 1981	Douglas C-54B N98AS	St.croix, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Other-Foreign Flag Carrier	Fatal	1
13 Jun 1968	Douglas C-54B HC-ANL	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Other-Foreign Flag Carrier	No injuries	-
3 Oct 1966	Douglas C-54B N88938	Miami Fla, Florida, United States no coordinates	Southern Air Transport, Inc.	No injuries	-
9 May 1962	Douglas C-54B N88894	Ackerly, Texas, United States no coordinates	Slick Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
30 Apr 1990	Douglas C-54B N67109	Chico, California, United States no coordinates	Usda, U.s. Forestry Service	No injuries	-

All 8 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
28 May 1976	Cessna 411 N34JH	Walker Cay, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	South Florida	Minor injuries	-
27 Aug 1976	Cessna 182 N1449M	Eleuthera, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Tilford Flying	No injuries	-
18 Jan 1976	Cessna 182 N21550	Grnd Bhma, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
5 Apr 1976	Cessna 210 N9423P	Manila, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Floair Inc	No injuries	-
2 Feb 1976	Cessna 320 N5723X	Stella Maris, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
29 Feb 1976	Taylorcraft BL-65 N29807	Abaco, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

All 247 records in Other-Foreign Countries