Date: | Thursday 26 April 1962 |
Time: | 12:13 |
Type: | Lockheed L-749A Constellation |
Owner/operator: | Federal Aviation Agency - FAA |
Registration: | N116A |
MSN: | 2611 |
Year of manufacture: | 1949 |
Total airframe hrs: | 41481 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Canton Island Airport (CIS) -
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Canton Island Airport (CIS/PCIS) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Constellation plane was being used to train the co-pilot in various manoeuvres and flight configurations prior to being tested for an ATPL (Airline Transport Pilot Rating) and to train a flight maintenance technician as a flight engineer. The aircraft crashed while carrying out a go-around at Topham Field, Canton Island.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Loss of control during an attempted go-around following initial touchdown, as a result of an undetected reversal of No.4 propeller."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Report number: | final report |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
CAB Accident Report File No. 2-0564
ICAO Accident Digest No.14 Volume II, Circular 71-AN/63 (52-57)
Location
Images:
photo (c) Jeff Stewart; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA); May 1957
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