Douglas DC-6B N9018N

15 September 1980 · Haiti-In Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Fatal

Summary

On 15 September 1980 at about 19:00 local time, a Douglas DC-6B registered N9018N, operated by J.m.g., Inc, was involved in an accident during in flight near Haiti-In Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 4 people were on board and 3 died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 15 September 1980 at 19:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Haiti-In Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6B
Registration: N9018N
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: J.m.g., Inc
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Other
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: South Caicos → Port Au Prince, Haiti
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Moonlight-Bright)
NTSB number: 3-3089

People

3 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	3	1	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.

Read the full NTSB narrative

HI OIL CONSUMPTION, NO OIL, ENROUTE ARPT.SHTDN 1 ENG NR DESTN, LOST RDO, DIVERTED.SHTDN 2 MORE ENGS.

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 3-3089, 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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