# Incident 19890206009289I: Airbus A300B4605R, Charlotte Amali, U.S. Virgin Islands, February 6, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 1989, 14:29 local time
- Place: Charlotte Amali, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Airport: Cyril E King Airport
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 18.3373° N, 64.9733° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CYRIL E KING (STT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3373&lon=-64.9733&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7062A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7062A-2011-09-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A300 B4-605R (registry code 3930308, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a300-b4-605r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-80 series (registry code 30025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-80-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A300B4605R
- People aboard: 139
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890206009289I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR LEFT RUNWAY WHILE MAKING 180 DEGREE TURN. PILOT LOWT DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. MISUSED THROTTLES.

## Other reports on N7062A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19890712063449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890712063449A), Jul 12, 1989: Airbus A300B4605R (N7062A), San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1 fatal. Ground walker was run over by aircraft nose gear during a push back. Walker was seen to dash into pass of nose gear

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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