- Date
- September 14, 1964
- Place
- Farmington, NM · FARMINGTON, NM
- Injuries
- 23 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73126Convair CV-440
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181584
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0060 64/9/14 FARMINGTON N MEX CONVAIR CV-440 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2030 N73126 PX- 0 0 20 46, 20196 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 270 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MUNICIPAL OPERATOR - FRONTIER AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 52 250 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- FLT ENCOUNTERED RAIN OF UNEXPECTED INTENSITY DURING LEVEL OFF-TOUCHDOWN PHASE OF LANDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73126
- Reported as
- Convair CV-440
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Municipal
N73126Registration cancelled Dec 1, 2010 · Convair 340-31Airframe modelConvair 340-31Engine modelAllison 501-D13 series
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.