| Date: | xx Nov 1986 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-6A |
| Owner/operator: | Carga Aérea Dominicana |
| Registration: | HI-251 |
| MSN: | 45520/1013 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Congo Town Airport -
 Bahamas
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Reportedly the engines lost power due to fuel starvation, and the pilot put it down on a closed airport runway. The aircraft wasn't low on fuel but may have had bad check valves which permitted the fuel to be inadvertently transferred to a tank not in use.
Sources:
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Santo Domingo-Las Americas Airport (SDQ); March 1983
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