N4959N

On March 12, 1978 at 12:00 AM, N4959N experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.104 Dove, operated by Aircraft Brokers, with the event recorded near Santa Marta-Simón Bolívar Magdalena.

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

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route to Colombia on a delivery flight, the crew informed ATC about an engine failure and was cleared to divert to Santa Marta-Simón Bolívar Airport for an emergency landing. Few minutes later, the twin engine airplane went out of control and crashed into the sea few km off Santa Marta. The aircraft sank and both occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N4959N, MSN 04311, year of manufacture 1951.