Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 20 JUL 2000 |
| Time: | 13:12 EDT |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-10-DK |
| Operator: | Allied Air Freight |
| Registration: | N54AA |
| C/n / msn: | 12475 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 3,5 km (2.2 mls) E of Nassau International Airport (NAS) (Bahamas)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Nassau International Airport (NAS/MYNN), Bahamas |
| Freeport-Grand Bahama International Airport (FPO/MYGF), Bahamas |
Following takeoff from runway 14, the pilot advised that he had to shut down the right engine and requested to return to the airport, and the aircraft lost altitude and crashed 2 miles east of the runway center line, into the pine forest off Charmichael Road. The aircraft was operating on a flight for Caribbean Air.
According to reports the weather at Nassau at 13:00 included a temperature of 32deg C (90 F), dewpoint 25deg C (77 F), 1016mB and wind 160deg/10kts.
Events:
Sources:
» FAA
» Nassau Guardian
» NTSB
» Ruben Scoglio
Photos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Nassau International Airport to Freeport-Grand Bahama International Airport as the crow flies is 208 km (130 miles).
Distance from Nassau International Airport to Freeport-Grand Bahama International Airport as the crow flies is 208 km (130 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
