Convair CV-440 N9314

17 January 1966 · Mobile Ala, Alabama, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 17 January 1966 at about 09:35 local time, a Convair CV-440 registered N9314, operated by Eastern Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an incident during the landing phase of flight near Mobile Ala, Alabama, United States. 27 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 17 January 1966 at 09:35
Classification: Incident
Location: Mobile Ala, Alabama, United States
Nearest airport: Bates Field
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Convair CV-440
Registration: N9314
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: None
NTSB number: 4-0004

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
27	0	0	0	27

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

NOSEWHEEL STEERING VALVE LEFT SPRING-RETAINER MISSING.UNIT IN-SERVICE 11 HRS.SINCE OVERHAUL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB 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 4-0004, 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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17 Jun 1966	Convair CV-440 N2044	Chicago Ill, Illinois, United States no coordinates	North Central Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
18 Jan 1965	Convair CV-440 N4406	Windsor Lock Conn, Connecticut, United States no coordinates	Mohawk Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
25 Mar 1965	Convair CV-440 N4401	Albany Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	Mohawk Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
13 Feb 1964	Convair CV-440 N5512K	Hilo Hawaii, Hawaii, United States no coordinates	Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
14 Sep 1964	Convair CV-440 N73126	Farmington N Mex, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Frontier Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-

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