Date:	Friday 6 November 1992
Time:	02:25
Type:	Douglas DC-7CF
Owner/operator:	Aerochago Airlines
Registration:	HI-619SP
MSN:	45158/744
Year of manufacture:	1956
Engine model:	Wright R-3350-93
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Dania Beach, FL -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Fort Lauderdale International Airport, FL (FLL/KFLL)
Destination airport:	Santo Domingo-Las Américas International Airport (SDQ/MDSD)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The no. 4 engine failed after takeoff. The no. 2 engine also failed a little later. The pilot then elected to ditch the aircraft 140 m offshore.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Failure of the #4 engine for an undetermined reasons(s), and the inability of the airplane to remain airborne due to the overgross weight takeoff performed by the pilot. Factors which contributed to the accident were: the questionable airworthiness of the airplane and engines due to the lack of records, and the failure of the federal aviation administration to adequately survey the operator."

Aviation Week & Space Technology 16.11.92 (15)
ICAO Summary 5/94 (#74)
NTSB
Scramble 162
Scramble 163

photo (c) Ger Buskermolen; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA); 16 May 1992

photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Kendall-Tamiami Airport, FL (TMB); January 1992

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