Convair CV-990 N5617

25 October 1965 · Yosemite, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 25 October 1965 at about 16:08 local time, a Convair CV-990 registered N5617, operated by American Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident during in flight near Yosemite, California, United States. 48 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 25 October 1965 at 16:08
Classification: Incident
Location: Yosemite, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Convair CV-990
Registration: N5617
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: American Airlines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 4-0037

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
48	0	0	0	48

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.

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 4-0037, 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.

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