- Date
- December 28, 1970
- Place
- St Thomas, VI · ST THOMAS, VI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 11 serious, 39 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8790RBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158767
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0026 70/12/28 ST THOMAS,VI BOEING 727 CR- 0 2 5 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1442 N8790R PX- 2 9 37 40, 10666 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 170 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHARLOTTE AMALIE OPERATOR - TRANS CARIBBEAN AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP JAMACIA,NY ST THOMAS,VI SAN JUAN,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CREW COORDINATION-POOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HI BOUNCE FRM POOR APCH-T/D.USED IMPROPER RCVRY TECH.LACK OF COCKPIT CREW COORD CONTRB TO ACDNT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8790R
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Charlotte Amalie
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