- Date
- May 24, 1962
- Place
- Tyndall Afb, FL · TYNDALL AFB, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N75388Curtiss WRT C-46A
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120293
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0023 62/5/24 TYNDALL AFB,FLA CURTISS WRT C-46A CR- 0 0 2 MILITARY CTR CARGO DOM AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1733 N75388 PX- 0 0 0 42, 10616 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 7000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TYNDALL AFBASE OPERATOR - RIDDLE AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ROBBINS AFB,GA HOMESTEAD AFB,FLA TYNDALL AFB,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN STALL LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- LOSS OF CTL DURING LDG CAUSED BY IMPROPER LOADING. ACFT BOUNCED 3 TIMES. 5.8 PCT PAST AFT CG LIMIT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75388
- Reported as
- Curtiss WRT C-46A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tyndall Afbase
N75388Registration cancelled Apr 6, 2018 · Curtiss Wright C-46AAirframe modelCurtiss Wright C-46AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-2800 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.