ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 323466
| Date: | Thursday 20 July 2000 |
| Time: | 13:12 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-10-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Allied Air Freight |
| Registration: | N54AA |
| MSN: | 12475 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3,5 km E of Nassau International Airport (NAS) -
 Bahamas
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Nassau International Airport (NAS/MYNN) |
| Freeport-Grand Bahama International Airport (FPO/MYGF) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Following takeoff from runway 14, the pilot advised that he had to shut down the right engine and requested to return to the airport, and the aircraft lost altitude and crashed 2 miles east of the runway center line, into the pine forest off Charmichael Road. The aircraft was operating on a flight for Caribbean Air.
According to reports the weather at Nassau at 13:00 included a temperature of 32deg C (90 F), dewpoint 25deg C (77 F), 1016 mB and wind 160deg/10 kts.
Sources:
FAA
Nassau Guardian
NTSB
Ruben Scoglio
Location
Images:
photo (c) Michael Pellaton
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Opa-Locka Airport, FL (OPF); August 1999
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