- Date
- April 27, 1965
- Place
- Ponce, PR · PONCE, PR
- Injuries
- 46 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3412Convair CV-340
- Status
- Completed · report October 8, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179740
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0029 65/4/27 PONCE PR CONVAIR CV-340 CR- 0 0 4 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1636 N3412 PX- 0 0 42 39, 9580 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2016 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PONCE MUNICIPAL OPERATOR - CARIBBEAN-ATLANTIC AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3412
- Reported as
- Convair CV-340
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ponce Municipal
N3412Registration cancelled Aug 9, 2012 · Convair 640-340DAirframe modelConvair 640-340DEngine modelRolls-Royce DART-542 series
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