- Date
- September 10, 1973
- Place
- Agana, GU · AGANA,GUAM, GU
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7876Convair 990
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730910032359A
- Case key
- 188310
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3110 73/9/10 AGANA,GUAM CONVAIR 990 CR- 0 0 4 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1616 N7876 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 51, 13000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1621 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AGANA NAS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAKARTA,INDONESIA AGANA,GUAM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 84 130 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 6 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 20K.AGANA TWR ADVISED PLT OF LARGE STORM PASSING OVR APCH COURSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7876
- Reported as
- Convair 990
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Agana Nas
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.