Status:	Final
Date:	16 DEC 1976
Time:	03:30
Type:	Convair CV-880-22M-22
Operator:	Air Trine Inc
Registration:	N5865
C/n / msn:	22-7-5-57
First flight:	1961
Crew:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Airplane damage:	Written off
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Miami International Airport, FL (MIA) (United States of America)
Phase:	Takeoff (TOF)
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA), United States of America
Destination airport:	Santo Domingo (unknown airport), Dominican Republic

Narrative:
Take-off from runway 09L was aborted at rotation speed because the pilot couldn't rotate the aircraft. The Convair overran by 900 feet, struck an ILS antenna and came to a halt in a drainage ditch. It was determined that the centre of gravity was beyond the forward limit.

PROBABLE CAUSE:
personnel - operational supervisory personnel: deficiency,company maintained eqpmt,services,regulation
miscellaneous acts,conditions - improperly loaded aircraft-weight-and/or c.g.
pilot in command - delayed action in aborting takeoff
FACTOR:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - ran off end of runway

Events:

Sources:
» NTSB