Convair 990 N7876

10 September 1973 · Agana, Other-U.s.territories&Posses. · Minor injuries

Summary

On 10 September 1973 at about 16:16 local time, a Convair 990 registered N7876, operated by California Air, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Agana, Other-U.s.territories&Posses.. 4 people were on board and 3 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 10 September 1973 at 16:16
Classification: Accident
Location: Agana, Other-U.s.territories&Posses.
Nearest airport: Agana Nas
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Convair 990
Registration: N7876
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: California Air
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Ferry
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Jakarta, Indonesia → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3110

People

3 people had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	0	3	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WIND GUSTING 20K.AGANA TWR ADVISED PLT OF LARGE STORM PASSING OVR APCH COURSE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3110, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

Also in

Other-U.s.territories&Posses. 26 Convair 990 5 1973 4,451

Other Convair 990 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
8 Aug 1970	Convair 990 N5603	Acapulco, Mexico no coordinates	Modern Air Transport, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
22 Feb 1969	Convair 990A N5609	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Modern Air Transport, Inc.	No injuries	-
29 Jul 1969	Convair 990 N5614	Fort Worth, Texas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
23 Feb 1966	Convair 990 N5615	Ft Worth Texas, Texas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-

All 5 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
1 Aug 1973	Cessna 150 N6473G	France Fld, Other-U.s.territories&Posses. no coordinates	France Field C	Serious injuries	-
9 Mar 1974	Cessna 150 N60106	Gamboa, Other-U.s.territories&Posses. no coordinates	Gamboa Aero CL	Minor injuries	-
15 Dec 1972	Cessna 150H N6788S	Agana, Other-U.s.territories&Posses. no coordinates	Naval Air Stat	Serious injuries	-
1 Aug 1972	Grumman G44 N4452	Majuro, Other-U.s.territories&Posses. no coordinates	Lagoon Aviatio	No injuries	-
20 May 1972	Bell 47J-2 N8499E	Piti Village, Other-U.s.territories&Posses. no coordinates	Rick Helicopte	Serious injuries	-
4 Apr 1971	Grumman SCAN30 N4452	Majuro, Other-U.s.territories&Posses. no coordinates	Lagoon Aviatio	Serious injuries	-

All 26 records in Other-U.s.territories&Posses.