- Date
- August 25, 1981
- Place
- Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 137 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- 6Y-JMBBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 123615
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A-0002 81/8/25 MIAMI,FL BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 10 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2035 6Y-JMB PX- 0 0127 29, 5495 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 3619 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MIAMI INTL OPERATOR - OTHER-FOREIGN FLAG CARRIER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KINGSTON,JAMAICA MIAMI,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 15000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 78 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ENCTRD RW,SUDDEN WNDSHFT & DWNDFT ON FINAL APCH,DARK NGT.NOSE WHL DMG FND AFT SUBSEQUENT FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- 6Y-JMB
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Miami Intl