Santo Domingo - Miami

On October 20, 1971 at 10:05 PM, Santo Domingo - Miami experienced a crash involving Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, operated by Balair - USA, with the event recorded near Great Inagua Island Inagua.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is other causes. While cruising by night on a cargo flight from Santo Domingo to Miami, the four engine airplane went out of control and crashed into the sea off Great Inagua Island. The airplane exploded while contacting water and was totally destroyed. All four occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N564E, MSN 4834, year of manufacture 1958.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 21.0741°, -73.3130°.