# NTSB UNK64X0550: Convair CV-440, N5512K, Hilo, HI, February 13, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: February 13, 1964
- Place: Hilo, HI · HILO, HI
- Location: 19.7225° N, 155.0868° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hilo, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.7225&lon=-155.0868&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 3 serious, 2 minor, 35 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 28, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113306
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0550
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0550

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0001  64/2/13    HILO HAWAII         CONVAIR CV-440      CR-  0  0  3  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1018                    N5512K              PX-  0  3 34                            50, 18760 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            7600 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GENERAL LYMAN
        OPERATOR - HAWAIIAN AIRLINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY
           WEATHER - RAIN
        WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          BROKEN                                                    1400
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          3 MILES OR LESS                                          RAIN
        RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND                                 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES                                VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR
        REMARKS- WATER ON RUNWAY 3 INCHES DEEP
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5512K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5512K-2002-03-27), registration cancelled 2002-03-27, S/N 134, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONVAIR CV-440
- Registry model: [Convair 640-340D](https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-640-340d) (registry code 2422814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rolls-Royce DART-542 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-dart-542-series) (registry code 54522, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: General Lyman

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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