Miami - Miami

On July 22, 1978 at 03:11 PM, Miami - Miami experienced a crash involving Curtiss C-46 Commando, operated by DR %26 M, with the event recorded near Miami Florida.

The flight was categorized as training 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: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew departed Miami-Opa Locka Airport on a local training flight. Few minutes after takeoff, both engines failed. The pilot-in-command ditched the aircraft few hundred yards offshore and the airplane sank and was lost. Two of three occupants were rescued while the instructor could not be located after departing the accident site.

Aircraft reference details include registration N157K, MSN 436, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 25.7742°, -80.1936°.