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: |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Congo Town Airport -
Bahamas
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative: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.
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Images:
![](/photos/wiki/1986/19861199_DC6_HI-251_14750.jpg)
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Santo Domingo-Las Americas Airport (SDQ); March 1983
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