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MIA77FA058

1977-05-17 · SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
GRUMMAN G-73 · N7338
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
E
Airport
ISLA GRANDE
Kind of flying
CI

Weather at impact

Sky
BROKEN
Wind
060° / 15 kt
Temp
81° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
00000000J-38
Total time
12,754 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
11,780
Age
52

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ACT WITH ENG IN OPN.OTR FIRE BOTTLE PREV REMOVED.

Investigator remarks

FUEL LEAK VICINITY ELECT BOOST PUMP.FIRE BOTTLE

Cause factors

  • 74/A/CB A
    POWERPLANT LINES AND FITTINGS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/51 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/AJ A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/20 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Joint cause
  • 88/J/07 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES Joint cause
  • 68/J/D0 J
    PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1806. Source file NTSB_1977_3_1806.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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