Convair 340 N73130
5 March 1967 · Marseilles, Ohio, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 5 March 1967 at about 20:07 local time, a Convair 340 registered N73130, operated by Lake Central Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Marseilles, Ohio, United States. 38 people were on board and 38 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:07
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Marseilles, Ohio, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Convair 340
- Registration
- N73130
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Lake Central Airlines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 1-0001
People
38 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
RT PROPELLER FAILED DUE TO OMISSION OF THE TORQUE PISTON NITRIDING PROCESS DURING MANUFACTURE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Convair 340 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jul 1967 | Convair 340 | Des Moines, Iowa, United States | Braniff Airways, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 1 Nov 1967 | Convair 340T | Great Falls, Montana, United States | Frontier Airlines, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 30 Jun 1968 | Convair 340 | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 29 Nov 1966 | Convair 340 | New Cumberland Pa, Pennsylvania, United States | U.s. Air | No injuries | - |
| 1 Apr 1966 | Convair 340 | Bradford Pa, Pennsylvania, United States | U.s. Air | No injuries | - |
| 7 May 1964 | Convair 340 | Salt Lake City Ut, Utah, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Mar 1967 | Boeing B-720 | Sheridan, Wyoming, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 19 Jan 1967 | Piper PA-23 | San Mateo Calif, California, United States | Air, Inc. | Fatal | 2 |
| 5 Jul 1967 | Cessna 150 | Watkins, Colorado, United States | Alpine Aviatio | Serious injuries | - |
| 2 Sep 1967 | Cessna 172E | Ea.hampton, Connecticut, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 10 Mar 1967 | Cessna 172 | Matagorda Is. Tex, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 3 |
| 25 Jan 1967 | Cessna 150 | Sapphire, North Carolina, United States | Executive Avia | No injuries | - |