Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 12 September 1959
Aircraft Type: Douglas DC-4
Owner/operator: Pan American World Airways (Pan Am)
Registration Number: N88900
Location: near Mercedes –
ÿ Honduras
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Component Affected: The DC-4 aircraftThe DC-4 aircraft
Category: Accident
A DC-4 aircraft, named ‘Clipper Fearless’, experienced a delayed departure and navigational error, resulting in a crash near San Salvador. The aircraft deviated from its intended course and struck a ravine, causing a subsequent crash.A DC-4 aircraft, named ‘Clipper Fearless’, experienced a delayed departure and navigational error, resulting in a crash near San Salvador. The aircraft deviated from its intended course and struck a ravine, causing a subsequent crash.
Description
Because of late arrival of the plane and cargo loading equipment problems, the DC-4, named “Clipper Fearless”, departed San Salvador 5 hours late – at 03:45. Some 43 miles north San Salvador the aircraft was seen flying up a ravine, barely clearing treetops. The aircraft crashed a little further on, about 23 miles left of the normal course. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The flight deviated from intended course and struck a mountain, for reasons unknown.”
Primary Cause
The flight deviated from intended course and struck a mountain, for reasons unknown.The flight deviated from intended course and struck a mountain, for reasons unknown.Share on:
