Narrative:
After an ILS approach in marginal weather (heavy rainstorm), the aircraft touched down 500 m past the threshold. The Convair then veered to the left and collided with a GCA unit (1006 m past runway threshold and 45 to the left) and a fire fighting water wagon.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - improper in-flight decisions or planning
weather - turbulence, associated w/clouds and/or thunderstorms
FACTORS:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - overload failure
weather briefing - no record of briefing received
weather forecast - unknown/not reported
Runway excursion
» NTSB
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Monday 10 September 1973 |
| Time: | 16:16 |
| Type: |  Convair CV-990-30A-5 Coronado |
| Operator: | California Airmotive Corp. |
| Registration: | N7876 |
| MSN: | 30-10-4 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 4 General Electric CJ805-23 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Guam-Agana NAS (NGM) ( Guam)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Jakarta-Kemayoran Airport (JKT), Indonesia |
| Guam-Agana NAS (NGM), Guam |
After an ILS approach in marginal weather (heavy rainstorm), the aircraft touched down 500 m past the threshold. The Convair then veered to the left and collided with a GCA unit (1006 m past runway threshold and 45 to the left) and a fire fighting water wagon.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - improper in-flight decisions or planning
weather - turbulence, associated w/clouds and/or thunderstorms
FACTORS:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - overload failure
weather briefing - no record of briefing received
weather forecast - unknown/not reported
Classification:
TurbulenceRunway excursion
Sources:
» Aviation News» NTSB
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Jakarta-Kemayoran Airport to Guam-Agana NAS as the crow flies is 4709 km (2943 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
Distance from Jakarta-Kemayoran Airport to Guam-Agana NAS as the crow flies is 4709 km (2943 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
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