Air accident involving a Douglas DC-6 in Guatemala City in 1990

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Air accident involving a Douglas DC-6 in Guatemala City in 1990
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A Douglas DC-6 of the Aerial Transit Company
Accident summary
Accident type Loss of control after engine failure
place Guatemala City , Guatemala
GuatemalaGuatemala 
date May 5th 1990
Fatalities 3
Survivors 0
Fatalities on the ground 24
Injured on the ground 10+
Aircraft
Aircraft type United StatesUnited States Douglas DC-6B F
operator United StatesUnited States Aerial Transit Company
Mark United StatesUnited States N84BL
Departure airport San Salvador Airport , El SalvadorEl SalvadorEl Salvador 
Stopover La Aurora Airport , Guatemala City , GuatemalaGuatemalaGuatemala 
Destination airport Miami International Airport , Florida , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Passengers 0
crew 3
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The accident involving a Douglas DC-6 in Guatemala City in 1990 occurred on May 5, 1990. A Douglas DC-6B F of the Aerial Transit Company with three crew members on board, got out of control shortly after take-off due to an engine failure and crashed a residential area in downtown Guatemala City . The three crew members and 24 people were killed on the ground in the accident.

plane

The aircraft was a Douglas DC-6B with serial number 43739 , which was finally assembled in 1952 as the 279th Douglas DC-6 from ongoing production at the Douglas Aircraft Company's facility in Long Beach , California . The machine was delivered to National Airlines on October 16, 1952 and went into operation there with the aircraft registration number N8222H . In the course of 1958 the machine was delivered to Pan American World Airways , it returned from aircraft leasing to National Airlines in 1959. On March 29, 1963, the machine was licensed to Frederick B. Ayer and Associates , which leased it to Northeast Airlines from September 9, 1963 . The machine with the fleet number 622 was in use here. On September 11, 1967, the DC-6 returned to the lessor. In July 1972 the machine was taken over by Arthur W. Stewart, in 1973 it was converted into a cargo aircraft. The machine was then leased to Seymour Airmotive from 1975 and to Rhoades International in 1978, the latter operator gave the machine the new registration number N141JR . From January 1979 the machine with the registration number N1304S was leased to Petroleum Air Transport , from October 1979 it belonged to PBA Leasing . In August 1981 Robert Kerivan took over the machine, which was leased to Turks Air the following year , from June 1987 Bellomy Lawson Aviation acted as the new lessor. The DC-6 returned to its owner as a lease return in September 1988 with its last registration number N84BL . A last leasing contract was signed with the Aerial Transit Company from January 1989 , the machine was re-registered for the last time in August 1989. The four-engine long-haul aircraft was equipped with four radial engines of the type Pratt & Whitney R-2800 equipped.

Crew, cargo and flight plan

There was a three-man, American crew on board the machine, consisting of the flight captain Joseph Babody, the first officer J. Theodore and the flight engineer Dallas White. The cargo consisted of vegetables and clothing. The DC-6 of the Aerial Transit DC-6 had started in San Salvador on an international cargo flight to Miami. A stopover was planned in Guatemala City.

Weather

At the time of the accident, visual flight conditions prevailed in Guatemala City , the cloud cover had broken up over a large area and visibility was nine kilometers. The wind was blowing from 030 degrees with a speed of 12 knots, the outside temperature was 27 degrees Celsius.

the accident

After an inconspicuous flight on the first route, the machine took off at 14:46 local time from La Aurora Airport in Guatemala City. Shortly after take-off, an engine failed. The crew reported by radio that they were making a left turn and returning to the airport. Control of the machine was lost during the turn. The DC-6 crashed in a residential area eight kilometers southeast of the airport and went up in flames. The three crew members and 24 people on the ground died.

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