- Date
- February 24, 1978
- Place
- San Juan, PR · SAN JUAN, PR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6103CDouglas DC-6B
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 142863
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1822 78/2/24 SAN JUAN,PR DOUGLAS DC-6B CR- 0 0 3 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0826 N6103C PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-I 69, 45202 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 10000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN JUAN INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FL SAN JUAN,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6103C
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-6B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- San Juan Intl
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