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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA71AM047

1970-12-10 ST.THOMAS, VI, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N3417 Convair 640 None

Historical record (pre-1982)

NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.

Aircraft

CONVAIR 640 · N3417

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Airport

HARRY S.TRUMAN

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED

Wind

080° / 20 kt

Temp

76° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000048

Total time

37,601 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

7,834

Age

42

Investigator remarks

PORPOISED. NOSE GR FAILED.

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
64/B/62 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
82/L/B L
WEATHER RAIN
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 1 0050. Source file NTSB_1970_1_0050.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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