Status:	Final
Date:	24 AUG 1977
Type:	Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando
Operating for:	Quarterwinds Aviation
Leased from:	Caribbean Air Services
Registration:	N74689
C/n / msn:	32975
First flight:	1944
Crew:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Total:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Airplane damage:	Written off
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	off Goyave (Guadeloupe)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Dominica-Melville Hall Airport (DOM/TDPD), Dominica
Destination airport:	Saint Croix-Alexander Hamilton Airport (STX/TISX), U.S. Virgin Islands

Narrative:
The aircraft was carrying oranges and bananas from Dominica to Saint Croix when the no. 1 engine misfired. The engine was throttled back and stopped a short while later. A drop in oil pressure then forced the pilot to reduce power on the remaining engine. The aircraft started to descent and was ditched offshore.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Engine failure with low oil pressure. Failure of the second engine consequent on a prolonged increase in power, necessitated by the failure of the first engine. The proximity of the coast and the presence of a DC-3 in flight ensured a favourable outcome, whilst the pilot had made a perfect ditching."

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