- Date
- August 17, 1962
- Place
- Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3944CCurtiss-Wrt C-46R
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 145194
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0046 62/8/17 MIAMI,FLA CURTISS-WRT C-46R CR- 0 0 4 TRAINING COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 2056 N3944C PX- 0 0 0 UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, 274 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MIAMI INTL OPERATOR - RIDDLE AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS CHECK PILOT - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CTL AND MISUSE OF BRAKING DURING LDG ROLL OF BOUNCED LDG. SIM SINGLE ENG LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3944C
- Reported as
- Curtiss-Wrt C-46R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Miami Intl
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