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
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Canton Island Airport (CIS) -   Kiribati
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."

CAB Accident Report File No. 2-0564
ICAO Accident Digest No.14 Volume II, Circular 71-AN/63 (52-57)

photo (c) Jeff Stewart; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA); May 1957

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