Date: | Wednesday 6 September 1978 |
Time: | 03:10 |
Type: | Douglas DC-7CF |
Owner/operator: | Advance Aviation Inc |
Registration: | N244B |
MSN: | 44876/673 |
Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 5 km S of Farmerville, LA -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Illegal Flight |
Departure airport: | Curaçao-Dr. Albert Plesman Airport (CUR/TNCC) |
Destination airport: | Almyra Municipal Airport, AR |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The DC-7 struck a heavily wooded area at 250 feet elevation. The aircraft caught fire. Thirty-five bales of marijuana were recovered from the wreckage.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - misjudged altitude and clearance
FACTOR:
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | FTW78FA075 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Fort Lauderdale International Airport, FL (FLL); March 1978
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