- Date
- November 14, 1970
- Place
- Christiansted, VI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5584VConvair 28-5AC
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159373
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1708 70/11/14 CHRISTIANSTED,VI CONVAIR 28-5AC CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0803 N5584V PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 47, 20000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALEXANDER HAMILTN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST.THOMAS,VI SEAPLANE BASE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- UPPER END OF LMG HYD ACTUATOR FAILED. GR OVERDUE 1700 HR OVHL BY 801 HRS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5584V
- Reported as
- Convair 28-5AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Alexander Hamiltn
N5584VRegistration cancelled May 25, 1976 · Consolidated Vultee 28-5ACFAirframe modelConsolidated Vultee 28-5ACF
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.