# Accident 19790825034039A: Cvac 440, San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 25, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1979, 05:00 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4663° N, 66.1057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Juan, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4663&lon=-66.1057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14478 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CVAC 440
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790825034039A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACFT LANDED GEAR UP ON AIRPORT RWY. FOUND PART OF LANDING GEAR & HORIZONTAL STABILIZER MISSING PRIOR TO LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA79FA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA116), Aug 25, 1979: Convair 440 (N14478), San Juan, PR, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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