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Event MIA92IA046

1991-12-13 ST. THOMAS Airport · TIST None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S DELAYED REMEDIAL ACTION TO CORRECT FOR A GUST OF WIND DURING THE LANDING FLARE.

Factual narrative

THE COMMERCIAL AIRLINER ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND DURING THE LANDING FLARE AND BOTH WING TIPS CONTACTED THE GROUND RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE. THE CAPTAIN EXECUTED A GO-AROUND AND THE AIRPLANE DIVERTED TO ANOTHER AIRPORT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1991_MIA92IA046.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type or causal vocabulary (go-around). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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