- Date
- November 24, 1979
- Place
- Freeport, Burkina Faso · FREEPORT, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 44 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N444JMConvair 440
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 133882
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0024 79/11/24 NR.FREEPORT,BAHAMAS CONVAIR 440 CR- 0 0 3 NS/CTR REVENUE PASSG INTL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0208 N444JM PX- 0 1 42 55, 15192 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 6800 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - MACKEY INTERNATIONAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREEPORT,BAHAMAS FT LAUDERDALE,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE ENGINE TEARAWAY LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SMOKE IN COCKPIT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FIRE IN R WHEEL WELL/ENG.ENG SEPARATED BFR LNDG.INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOV OF BAHAMAS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N444JM
- Reported as
- Convair 440
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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.