ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333945
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Date: | Saturday 12 September 1959 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Owner/operator: | Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) |
Registration: | N88900 |
MSN: | 10504 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Mercedes -
Honduras
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | San Salvador/Ilopango International Airport (SAL/MSSS) |
Destination airport: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
Narrative:Because of late arrival of the plane and cargo loading equipment problems, the DC-4, named "Clipper Fearless", departed San Salvador 5 hours late - at 03:45. Some 43 miles north San Salvador the aircraft was seen flying up a ravine, barely clearing treetops. The aircraft crashed a little further on, about 23 miles left of the normal course.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight deviated from intended course and struck a mountain, for reasons unknown."
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