Cockburn Harbour - Port-au-Prince

On September 15, 1980 at 07:00 PM, Cockburn Harbour - Port-au-Prince experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-6, operated by JMG, with the event recorded near Port-au-Prince West.

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

4 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 75.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While approaching Port-au-Prince on a flight from Cockburn Harbour, South Caicos, the crew reported an engine failure. Few minutes later, all communications systems failed. The airplane descended and eventually crashed into the sea few km off shore. Rescuers were dispatched on scene and one pilot was found alive while three other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N9018N, MSN 44425/476, year of manufacture 1954.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 18.5484°, -72.3457°.