Curtiss C-46A HI-208
8 February 1977 · San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 8 February 1977 at about 14:13 local time, a Curtiss C-46A registered HI-208, operated by Other-Foreign Flag Carrier, was involved in an accident during in flight near San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 14:13
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States
- Nearest airport
- Puerto Rico Intl
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Curtiss C-46A
- Registration
- HI-208
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Other-Foreign Flag Carrier
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → Dominican Republic
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- A-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
PROP DISTRIBUTOR VALVE LOOSE.#2 GEN INOP.BATTERYWEAK.OPERATOR-ARGO, S.A.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Curtiss C-46A accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Jul 1983 | Curtiss C-46A | Bettles, Alaska, United States | Nenana Fuel Co. | Serious injuries | - |
| 28 Nov 1967 | Curtiss C-46A | Key West, Florida, United States | Airlift International, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 13 Feb 1965 | Curtiss C-46A | Miami, Florida, United States | Other-Foreign Flag Carrier | Fatal | 2 |
| 12 Aug 1965 | Curtiss C-46A | Salem Oreg, Oregon, United States | Zantop Air Transport | No injuries | - |
| 20 Nov 1964 | Curtiss C-46A | Inkster Mich, Michigan, United States | Zantop Air Transport | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Mar 1977 | Cessna 182Q | Mangum, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Mar 1977 | Beechcraft B24R | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Apr 1977 | Hiller UH-12E | Thermal, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 22 May 1977 | Piper PA-18 | Fort Plain, New York, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Jul 1977 | Cessna 188 | Brookland, Arkansas, United States | JAY H Harmon | No injuries | - |
| 1 May 1977 | Eaa Biplane P | Kennewick, Washington, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |