Douglas C-47A N45864

1 August 1980 · New Smyrna Bch, Florida, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 1 August 1980 at about 16:47 local time, a Douglas C-47A registered N45864 was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near New Smyrna Bch, Florida, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 1 August 1980 at 16:47
Classification: Accident
Location: New Smyrna Bch, Florida, United States
Nearest airport: New Smyrna Beach
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Registration: N45864
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Ferry
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Aruba, N.a.
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1759

People

3 people had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	3	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

PLT'S BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 0.15%.PLT DID NOT HAVE ATYPE CERT & ATMTD FLT WO CO-PLT.

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 3-1759, 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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