- Date
- March 23, 1972
- Place
- San Juan, PR · SAN JUAN, PR
- Injuries
- 54 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3407Convair 640
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166780
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0046 72/3/23 SAN JUAN,PR CONVAIR 640 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1830 N3407 PX- 0 0 51 45, 7518 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 1122 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN JUAN INTL OPERATOR - CARIBBEAN-ATLANTIC AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST THOMAS,VI SAN JUAN,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: ON GROUND LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL STEERING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED REMARKS- METAL CHIPS FOUND IN HYD FLUID.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3407
- Reported as
- Convair 640
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- San Juan Intl
N3407Registration cancelled Aug 23, 2013 · 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.