- Date
- September 28, 1968
- Place
- Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N356ALDouglas DC-7C
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108130
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0061 68/9/28 MIAMI,FLA DOUGLAS DC-7C CR- 0 0 4 SCHED DOM CARGO SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1804 N356AL PX- 0 0 0 44, 15674 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1604 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MIAMI INTL OPERATOR - AIRLIFT INTERNATIONAL,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING SYSTEMS - AUTO PILOT: OTHER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY REMARKS- UNABLE TO ROTATE.CONTROLS LOCKED BY ENGAGED AUTO-PILOT.OVERRAN RNWY.NOSE GR BROKE DUE TO SIDE LOAD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N356AL
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-7C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Miami Intl
N356ALRegistration cancelled Dec 22, 2010 · Douglas DC-7CAirframe modelDouglas DC-7CEngine modelWright TC18EA 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.