ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328592
| Date: | Wednesday 6 June 1979 |
| Time: | 04:17 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-6BF |
| Owner/operator: | Unknown |
| Registration: | AN-BFN |
| MSN: | 45322/939 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Charleston, WV -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | |
| Charleston (unknown airport), WV | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Overran runway. The aircraft was carrying about 20000 lb of marijuana on board.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - misjudged distance and speed
pilot in command - attempted operation beyond experience/ability level
pilot in command - lack of familiarity with aircraft
FACTOR:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - ran off end of runway
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); March 1975
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