ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332677
| Date: | Thursday 18 March 1965 |
| Time: | 18:10 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-1-DK (DC-3C) |
| Owner/operator: | Miami Aviation |
| Registration: | N4997E |
| MSN: | 12191 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 10,5 km NE off Waterville, NL -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Gander Airport, NL (YQX/CYQX) |
| Santa Maria-Vila do Porto Airport, Azores (SMA/LPAZ) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The DC-3 was on a ferry flight from Miami to Air Manila and had left Gander for Santa Maria when a short distress message was heard. The aircraft was found to have crashed into the Trinity Bay area.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Loss of control following an emergency of an undetermined nature."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
ICAO Circular 88-AN/74 (45-48)
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