Curtis-Wrt C-46D N7768B

12 September 1979 · South Caicos, Other-Foreign Countries · No injuries

Summary

On 12 September 1979 at about 06:15 local time, a Curtis-Wrt C-46D registered N7768B, operated by Rich International Airways, was involved in an accident during unknown/not reported near South Caicos, Other-Foreign Countries. 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: 12 September 1979 at 06:15
Classification: Accident
Location: South Caicos, Other-Foreign Countries
Nearest airport: South Caicos
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Curtis-Wrt C-46D
Registration: N7768B
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Rich International Airways
Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
Route: Miami, Fl → St Thomas, Vi
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0023

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

LWR FUSELAGE, ENGS & PROPS DMG.INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOV OF BRITISH WEST INDIES.

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 1-0023, 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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