ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328774
| Date: | Sunday 1 October 1978 |
| Time: | 17:54 |
| Type: |  Douglas R4D-6 (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Evergreen Air |
| Registration: | N74Z |
| MSN: | 25954/14509 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 200 km S off Fort Walton Beach, FL, U.S. -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
| San Juan (unknown airport) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The DC-3 transport plane ditched in the Gulf of Mexico when the pilot had become lost following electrical system failure.
The airplane ditched near the merchant marine steamship St. Mary.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - became lost/disoriented
miscellaneous acts,conditions - electrical failure
FACTOR:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - aircraft came to rest in water
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
St. Petersburg Times - Oct 2, 1978
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