- Date
- February 22, 1969
- Place
- Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5609Convair 990A
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185848
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0036 69/2/22 MIAMI,FLA CONVAIR 990A CR- 0 0 6 FERRY CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - UNK/NR N5609 PX- 0 0 0 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - MODERN AIR TRANSPORT,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANSAS CITY,MO MOBILE,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER REMARKS- FLAP TRACK DESIGN LOADS NOT IN UNISON DUE MISALIGNMENT.SPOILER HINGE FAILED DUE IMPROPER RIGGING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5609
- Reported as
- Convair 990A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
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