- Date
- March 10, 1992, 07:05 local (11:05 UTC)
- Place
- San Juan, PR
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N135FSDouglas DC-3C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920310011769I
- Case key
- 33009
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's improper loading of personnel, and improper supervision of the first officer/co-pilot while calculating the center of gravity limits for the flight. This resulted in the forward center of gravity limit being exceeded and subsequent nose down of the airplane on the runway during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the absence of passenger seats for the cargo loaders or ballast in the rear of the airplane at the time of the incident.
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
During landing rollout in VFR conditions, a DC-3C, operated by a 14 CFR part 135 operator, on a 14 CFR part 91 positioning flight, nosed down on the runway substaining minor damage. The PIC, SIC, unauthorized jumpseat rider, and two cargo loaders located in the cockpit/forward compartment were not injured. No cargo, ballast, or passenger seats for the cargo loaders were located in the rear of the airplane at the time of the incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N135FS
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20063
- Airframe hours
- 221
- Engine
- P&W 1830-92, 1,200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Four Star Aviation Inc., doing business as Four Star Air Cargo
- Registered owner
- Four Star Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- STT · St. Thomas
- Airport
- TJSJ · Luis Munoz Marin Int, runway 1, 8,016 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 145 in the last 90 days · 54 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TJSJ, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.