- Date
- December 30, 1981
- Place
- San Juan, PR · SAN JUAN, PR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7560UCurtis-Wrt C-46
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 126673
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0019 81/12/30 SAN JUAN,PR CURTIS-WRT C-46 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM CARGO SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1242 N7560U PX- 0 0 0 35, 6600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1700 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN JUAN INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JUAN,PR ST THOMAS,VI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - FIRE WARNING SYSTEM: POWERPLANT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT FALSE FIRE WARNING REMARKS- FIRE WARNING BELL SOUNDED AFT TKOF.L ENG QUIT WHILE CORRECTING SWERVE.ENG & WARNING SYS CKD OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7560U
- Reported as
- Curtis-Wrt C-46
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Juan Intl
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