# Incident 19881217068209I: Cvac 440, Santa Rosalia, Mexico, December 17, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1988, 11:00 local time
- Place: Santa Rosalia, Mexico
- Airport: Santa Rosalia
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SPAA
- Aircraft: N73157, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73157-1998-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 440 (registry code 2422902, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-440) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC 440
- Reported engine: ALLSN 501D13
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,300 total, 4,300 in this make and model, 131 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881217068209I

## Narrative

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

SEVERE VIBRATION IN CRUISE. DIFFICULTY IN CONTROLLING ROLL. EMERGENCY LANDING. LOOSE TRIM TAB IN LEFT AILERON.

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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