# Incident 19820419017269I: Cvac STC440, St Thomas, Puerto Rico, April 19, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 1982, 19:11 local time
- Place: St Thomas, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Harry S Truman
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PQAA
- Aircraft: N900WC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N900WC-1999-09-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 340 (registry code 242270A, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC STC440
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820419017269I

## Narrative

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

STEERING SYSTEM VALVE MALFUNCTION, PN 10156, CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO VEER OFF RUNWAY ON LANDING.

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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