Boeing HP-B-377 accident near Miami, Florida, May 13, 1988
On May 13, 1988 at about 8:26 am local time, a Boeing HP-B-377, registered HI468, was involved in an accident near Miami, Florida (Miami Int'L airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under foreign airline rules (Part 129). 1 person was seriously injured; 2 others were unhurt. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- May 13, 1988 · about 8:26 am local time
- Place
- Miami, Florida · Miami Int'L
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- 1 person was seriously injured; 2 others were unhurt.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Boeing HP-B-377
- Registration
- HI468 · no longer on the register · serial 53-244
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · foreign airline rules (Part 129)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
ACCORDING TO COMPANY PERSONNEL, AS THE ACFT ROTATED FOR TAKEOFF, ONE GENERATOR TRIPPED OFF THE LINE. THEN AS THE LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED UP, THE OTHER THREE GENERATORS SIMULTAINEOUSLY TRIPPED OFF. THE ACFT WAS FLOWN ON AN EXTENDED PATTERN WHILE THE CREW MANUALLY EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR AND LANDED THE ACFT WITH NO DAMAGE SUSTAINED. EXAMINATION OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM AFTER LANDING REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR RETRACT ACTUATOR MOTOR HAD SHORTED OUT CAUSING THE GENERATORS TO TRIP OFF THE LINE. THE CO-PLT WAS INJURED TRYING TO MANUALLY LOWER THE NOSE GEAR. HE STEPPED INTO THE UNLIT HATCH AND BROKE HIS LEG.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 13,900 hours in all; 2,100 in this make and model
- Medical certificate: Unknown
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 9,370 hours
- Last inspection: approved inspection programme; 134 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 147,000 lb
- Seats: 3
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: P&W R-4360-59BCB2 (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Destination: MDSD Santo Domingo OF
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 27L, 13,000 ft by 150 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: night, dark
- Wind: from 090° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Sky: scat at 2,300 ft
- Temperature: 73°F (23°C), dew point 66°F (19°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observation at 8:50 am from MIA
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 | 2 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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