Status:	Final
Date:	26 APR 1962
Time:	12:13
Type:	Lockheed L-749A Constellation
Operator:	Federal Aviation Agency - FAA
Registration:	N116A
C/n / msn:	2611
First flight:	1949
Total airframe hrs:	41481
Crew:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Total:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6
Airplane damage:	Written off
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Canton Island Airport (CIS) (Kiribati)
Phase:	Initial climb (ICL)
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Canton Island Airport (CIS/PCIS), Kiribati
Destination airport:	?

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."

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