- Date
- March 21, 1970
- Place
- Charleston, SC · CHARLESTON, SC
- Injuries
- 230 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4907CDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 131096
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0012 70/3/21 CHARLESTON,SC DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 11 MIL CONTRACT PASSG INTL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1343 N4907C PX- 0 0219 UNK/NR, 15400 TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 3200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - CHARLESTON OPERATOR - CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL AIRWAYS,INC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOWARD AFB,PANAMA CHARLESTON,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG RIGHT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- LANDED OK. ACFT HYDROPLANED. PLT INTNTL GRND LOOPED. STRUCK RADAR REFLECTOR. WIND SHIFTED ON APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4907C
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Charleston