- Date
- December 10, 1970
- Place
- St.Thomas, VI
- Injuries
- 20 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3417Convair 640
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158777
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0050 70/12/10 ST.THOMAS,VI CONVAIR 640 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1926 N3417 PX- 0 0 17 42, 7834 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2255 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARRY S.TRUMAN OPERATOR - CARIBBEAN-ATLANTIC AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JUAN,PR ST.THOMAS,VI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 2000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 76 80 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PORPOISED. NOSE GR FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3417
- Reported as
- Convair 640
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Harry S.Truman
N3417Registration cancelled Aug 6, 2009 · Convair 640-340DAirframe modelConvair 640-340DEngine modelRolls-Royce DART-542 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.