Date: | Monday 26 October 1981 |
Time: | 18:24 |
Type: | Lockheed L-749A Constellation (VC-121B) |
Owner/operator: | Aerolineas Argo |
Registration: | HI-328 |
MSN: | 2607 |
Year of manufacture: | 1949 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | W off Saint Thomas Airport (STT) -
U.S. Virgin Islands
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Saint Croix-Alexander Hamilton Airport (STX/TISX) |
Destination airport: | Saint Thomas Airport (STT/TIST) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Constellation struck the sea while in right turn to runway 09. The aircraft had just performed a turn to avoid other traffic.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - misjudged altitude and clearance
FACTOR:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - aircraft came to rest in water
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MIA82FA006 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); January 1980
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