- Date
- October 26, 1981
- Place
- St Thomas, VI · ST THOMAS, VI
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- HI-328Lockheed 749
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122733
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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-0001 81/10/26 ST THOMAS,VI LOCKHEED 749 CR- 3 0 0 NS/CTR REVENUE CARGO INTL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1824 HI-328 PX- 0 2 0 UNK/NR, 18156 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 988 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARRY S TRUMAN OPERATOR - OTHER-FOREIGN FLAG CARRIER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST CROIX,VI ST THOMAS,VI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: *ERROR-INVALID CODE* LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- CLRD VISUAL APCH/LNDG,RWY 9.CRASHED IN OCEAN APRX 2MI FM RWY AFT 360DEG TURN TO AVOID OTR TFC,NGT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- HI-328
- Reported as
- Lockheed 749
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Harry S Truman