Fort Lauderdale – Miami – San Juan

On May 6, 1977 at 03:02 AM, Fort Lauderdale – Miami – San Juan experienced a crash involving Curtiss C-46 Commando, operated by Inter Air Cargo Services, with the event recorded near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Florida.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft was engaged in a cargo flight from Fort Lauderdale to San Juan with an intermediate stop in Miami, carrying three Enstrom helicopters, one passenger and two pilots. Shortly after a night takeoff from Hollywood Airport, while climbing, the crew informed ATC about problems with the right engine that lost power. The captain decided to ditch the airplane that crashed into the sea about 300 yards offshore. While all three occupants were rescued, the aircraft was lost.

Aircraft reference details include registration N355W, MSN 22523, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 26.0720°, -80.1510°.