Miami - Santo Domingo

On June 23, 1969 at 03:42 PM, Miami - Santo Domingo experienced a crash involving Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair, operated by Dominicana de Aviación, with the event recorded near Miami-Intl Florida.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a city crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 10 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 250.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 6.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from 12 at Miami-Intl Airport, while climbing to a height of 300 feet, the crew reported engine problems and elected to return. He was cleared for an emergency landing on runway 27 and initiated a circuit when control was lost. The airplane stalled and crashed in a huge explosion onto several buildings located about a mile short of runway 27. Few buildings and cars were destroyed. All four occupants on board the Carvair were killed as well as six people on the ground. 12 other people were injured, some of them seriously. It was later reported that white smoke was coming from the engine number two and black fumes from the engine number four.

Aircraft reference details include registration HI-168, MSN 16/10485, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 25.7950°, -80.2867°.