Atlanta - Fort Lauderdale

On July 7, 1979 at 09:00 PM, Atlanta - Fort Lauderdale experienced a crash involving Lockheed PV-1 Ventura, operated by Aggadir Ltd, with the event recorded near Aruba Dutch Antilles.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight 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 crew was supposed to make a training flight from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale. En route, an electrical failure occurred and the crew became lost and disoriented. The aircraft continued to the southeast for about 1,800 km when both engines failed due to a fuel exhaustion. The crew was able to ditch the aircraft off Aruba Island. While all three occupants were rescued, the aircraft sank and was not recovered.

Aircraft reference details include registration N721N, MSN 5272, year of manufacture 1943.