- Date
- August 15, 1983, 20:30 local (Aug 16, 1983, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- St. Thomas
- Injuries
- 15 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N429CACASA 212-200 (Casa 212)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 30830
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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.
Hard landing
Flight controls - improper use ofCause
Flare - improperCause
Analysis
The acft was landed hard damaging the right main landing and acft structure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N429CA
- Reported as
- CASA 212-200 (Casa 212) (212-200 (C)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 262
- Airframe hours
- 272
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE33110R511C, 900 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Puerto Rico Inter. Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- SJU · San Juan, PR
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- STT · Harry S. Truman, runway 9, 4,658 × 200 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16,476 total · 50 in this make and model · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 80° at 9 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Observed at
- STT