# NTSB MIA67A0080: Convair 640, N3408, San Juan, PR, January 23, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: January 23, 1967
- Place: San Juan, PR · SAN JUAN, PR
- Location: 18.4663° N, 66.1057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Juan, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4663&lon=-66.1057&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 6 minor, 22 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 26, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 119041
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA67A0080
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA67A0080

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0047  67/1/23    SAN JUAN,PR         CONVAIR 640         CR-  0  0  3  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0901                    N3408               PX-  0  0 25                            39, 7084 TOTAL HOURS, 670
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ISLA VERDE INTL
        OPERATOR - CARIBBEAN-ATLANTIC AIRLINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           STALL                                                    LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- LANDED 250 FT SHORT OF RNWY.LAST 15 SECS OF FLT ACFT AVERAGED 1600FT PER MIN RATE OF DESCENT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3408](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3408-1967-03-07), registration cancelled 1967-03-07, S/N 21 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONVAIR 640
- Registry model: [Convair 340](https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-340) (registry code 242270A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Isla Verde Intl

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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