- Date
- August 23, 1982, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Charlotte Amali
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N87629Douglas C-47
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820823052509A
- Case key
- 70205
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot reported normal braking pressure failed while taxiing on the ramp. He attempted to steer clear of other aircraft, but collided with two parked DC-3 aircraft. No determination of the nature of the braking problem was made.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87629
- Reported as
- Douglas C-47
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20749
- Engine
- P & W R-1830-92, 1,200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Carib Air Cargo
- Registered owner
- Paul Rodriguez/DBA: Island Tra
- Departed
- SJU · San Juan, PR
- Destination
- Miami, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- STT · Harry Struman
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,700 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 172 °F
- Observed at
- STT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.