- Date
- November 3, 1977
- Place
- St Thomas, VI · ST THOMAS, VI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N67971Curtis-Wrt C-46
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771103036009A
- Case key
- 144191
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4090 77/11/3 ST THOMAS,VI CURTIS-WRT C-46 CR- 0 0 3 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1350 N67971 PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 47, 7928 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D 1275 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARRY S.TRUMAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST CROIX,VI ST THOMAS,VI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67971
- Reported as
- Curtis-Wrt C-46
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Harry S.Truman
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.