# Incident 19980530011509I: Cvac 24017, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, May 30, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1998, 13:00 local time
- Place: Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Rafael Hernandez Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: TFAA
- Location: 18.4949° N, 67.1294° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAFAEL HERNANDEZ (BQN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4949&lon=-67.1294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87949, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87949-2001-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 240-17 (registry code 2422631, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-240-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC 24017
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,157 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980530011509I

## Narrative

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

COPILOT TRAINEE LIFTED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE THINKING THAT IT WAS THE FLAPS CAUSING LT ADN NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE.

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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