| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | June 05, 1950 |
| Time: | 2203 |
| Location: | Atlantic Ocean off Florida |
| Operator: | Westair Transport |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | San Juan - Wilmington NC |
| AC Type: | Curtiss C-46-F-1-CU |
| Registration: | N1248N |
| cn / ln: | 22496 |
| Aboard: | 65 (passengers:62 crew:3) |
| Fatalities: | 28 (passengers:28 crew:0) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Ditched into the Atlantic 300 miles east of Melbourne, Florida on a flight from San Juan, Porto Rico to Wilmington, North Carolina due to failure of both engines. It sank in one of the deepest areas of the Atlantic and could not be recovered. Failure of both engines for reasons unknown. |
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