Douglas DC-3 crash, Jul 19, 2006, Charlotte Amalie-Cyril...
Douglas DC-3 accident on July 19, 2006 near Charlotte Amalie-Cyril E. King (ex Harry S. Truman), US Virgin Islands with no fatalities. Cause: Inability...
- Date: July 19, 2006
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-3
- Location: Charlotte Amalie-Cyril E. King (ex Harry S. Truman), US Virgin Islands
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Inability to maintain altitude after loss of power from the left engine, for reasons the investigation could not determine.
A TolAir Services DC-3 on a positioning flight from Charlotte Amalie back to San Juan lost its left engine just after rotation. The crew could not keep the aircraft flying and ditched in the sea off St. Thomas. All occupants left through the overhead hatch onto a life raft before the airframe sank in about 100 feet of water.