Douglas DC-6 N122A

27 August 1978 · Muscat, Asia · Fatal

Summary

On 27 August 1978 at about 22:15 local time, a Douglas DC-6 registered N122A was involved in an accident during in flight near Muscat, Asia. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 27 August 1978 at 22:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Muscat, Asia
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6
Registration: N122A
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Not recorded
Purpose of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 6-0008

People

4 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	4	0	0	0

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.

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 6-0008, 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.

Also in

Asia 136 Douglas DC-6 22 1978 4,698

Other Douglas DC-6 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
8 Feb 1976	Douglas DC-6 N901MA	Van Nuys, California, United States no coordinates	Mercer Airlines, Inc.	Fatal	3
10 Jun 1980	Douglas DC-6 N111AS	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States no coordinates	Zantop International Airlines	No injuries	-
26 Aug 1980	Douglas DC-6 N2878F	Dillingham, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Ball Brothers	No injuries	-
20 Mar 1970	Douglas DC-6 N90781	Oshima Isle, Asia no coordinates	Southern Air Transport, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
15 Feb 1968	Douglas DC-6 N1906M	Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
8 Sep 1967	Douglas DC-6 N37516	Vandalia, Ohio, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Fatal	-

All 22 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
11 Dec 1978	Cessna 150 N49093	Mingaladon, Asia no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
27 May 1978	Cessna 180C N3833	Numazi, Asia no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
15 May 1978	Cessna 172 N11NF	Oshima, Asia no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
4 Jan 1978	Cessna 150G N2203J	A-511 Ops, Asia no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
7 Nov 1978	Cessna 150 N6963G	Atsugi, Asia no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
14 Apr 1978	Cessna 150L N6940G	Kunsan, Asia no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-

All 136 records in Asia