ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330948
Date: | Saturday 14 November 1970 |
Time: | 08:03 |
Type: | Steward-Davis Super Catalina (PBY-5A) |
Owner/operator: | Antilles Air Boats |
Registration: | N5584V |
MSN: | 1846 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Christiansted Harbor SPB, Saint Croix (SSB) -
U.S. Virgin Islands
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Saint Thomas Island SPB (SPB) |
Destination airport: | Christiansted Harbor SPB, Saint Croix (SSB) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Catalina's undercarriage collapsed on landing. The upper end of the left main gear hydraulic actuator had failed. It been overdue for overhaul by 801 hours.
The airplane was a former US Navy Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina that had been converted by Steward-Davis Inc. as a Super Catalina with upgraded Wright Cyclone R-2600 engines, a modified tail fin, a faired nose and other modifications.
PROBABLE CAUSES:
airframe - landing gear: normal retraction/extension assembly
airframe - landing gear: emergency/extension assembly
miscellaneous acts,conditions - fatigue fracture
miscellaneous acts,conditions - corroded/corrosion
personnel - maintenance,servicing,inspection: improper maintenance (maintenance personnel)
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | |
Report number: | MIA71AM042 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
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