Date: | Tuesday 27 June 1995 |
Time: | 09:50 |
Type: | Convair CV-440-98F |
Owner/operator: | Salair |
Registration: | N356SA |
MSN: | 432 |
Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near La Romana -
Dominican Republic
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Santo Domingo-Las Américas International Airport (SDQ/MDSD) |
Destination airport: | Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport (BQN/TJBQ) |
Narrative:At 08:22 LT the CV-440 departed Santo Domingo-Las Americanas for a cargo flight to Aguadilla. During the climb the crew encountered some problems and tried to return to Santo Domingo. At 09:50 the aircraft crashed near La Romana.
Sources:
Air Safety Week 9:30 31 July 1995 (p. 6)
NTSB
Scramble 195(53)
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Santo Domingo-Las Americas Airport (SDQ); 05 April 1994
photo (c) Bill Doscher; Spokane International Airport, WA (GEG/KGEG); 1987
photo (c) Bill Doscher; en route to PDX; 1987
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