| Statuts: | Enquête Officielle |
| Date: | jeudi 21 septembre 1978 |
| Heure: | 12:43 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Douglas DC-3-277C |
| Compagnie: | Argosy Air Lines |
| Immatriculation: | N407D |
| Numéro de série: | 2244 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1940 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 4 / à bord: 4 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 4 / à bord: 4 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Disparu |
| Conséquences: | Presumed damaged beyond repair |
| Lieu de l'accident: | N off Havana, Cuba ( Océan Atlantique)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Convoyage |
| Aéroport de départ: | Fort Lauderdale International Airport, FL (FLL/KFLL), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA), Cuba | |
| Numéro de vol: | 902 |
Argosy Air lines Flight 902 was operated by DC-3 N407D. The aircraft was to fly to Cuba to pick up 21 US citrus growers who were there on tour.
At 11:24 Flight 902 was cleared to taxi out from the Walkers Cay Jet Center to runway 09L for takeoff. At 11:29 they lifted off from Fort Lauderdale. Weather was fine as the DC-3 reached the cruising altitude of 6000 feet. At 12:25 the flight emerged on Havana's radar scopes, but the air traffic controller could not read any of the messages from the flight due to static. A high altitude plane relayed the messages to Havana and at 12:35 the messages became loud and clear. Eight minutes later the plane disappeared off the radar screens. The search for wreckage was called off at September 24.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Undetermined."
Sources:
» Bermuda Triangle Mystery web site» NTSB
Photos
accident date: 21-09-1978
type: Douglas DC-3-277C
registration: N407D
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Fort Lauderdale International Airport, FL et Havana-José Martí International Airport est de 409 km (256 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
La distance entre Fort Lauderdale International Airport, FL et Havana-José Martí International Airport est de 409 km (256 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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