Plane Crash List

Convair CV-340 N117

6 January 1965 · Wichita Falls Tex, Texas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 6 January 1965 at about 14:20 local time, a Convair CV-340 registered N117 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Wichita Falls Tex, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 14:20
Classification
Accident
Location
Wichita Falls Tex, Texas, United States
Nearest airport
Sheppard Afb
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Convair CV-340
Registration
N117
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
2
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Federal-Public Aircraft
Purpose of flight
Dual
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
2-0006

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

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

INST PILOT CLOSED HYDR BY-PASS VLVE DURNG LNDG ROLL WHILE SIMULATING HYDRAULIC SYSTM MALFUNCTION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
21 Jan 1965 Convair CV-340
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27 Apr 1965 Convair CV-340
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no coordinates
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19 Sep 1964 Convair CV-340
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no coordinates
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25 Oct 1964 Convair CV-340
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no coordinates
Frontier Airlines, Inc. Minor injuries -
30 Dec 1964 Convair CV-340
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no coordinates
United Air Lines, Inc. Minor injuries -
25 Mar 1967 Convair CV-340
N7528U
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
no coordinates
North Central Airlines, Inc. No injuries -

All 7 records for this type

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