Convair 640 N5510K
28 January 1968 · Hilo, Hawaii, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 28 January 1968 at about 14:15 local time, a Convair 640 registered N5510K, operated by Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Hilo, Hawaii, United States. 45 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 14:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Hilo, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Convair 640
- Registration
- N5510K
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Aircraft damage
- None
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 1-0035
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 43 |
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
SEAT BELT SIGN ON. PAX INADVERTENTLY RELEASED SEAT BELT DURING TURB, WAS THROWN FROM SEAT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Convair 640 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jan 1967 | Convair 640 | San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States | Caribbean-Atlantic Airlines, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 25 Apr 1967 | Convair 640D | San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States | Caribbean-Atlantic Airlines, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 10 Dec 1970 | Convair 640 | St.thomas, Virgin Islands, United States | Caribbean-Atlantic Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 23 Mar 1972 | Convair 640 | San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States | Caribbean-Atlantic Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 31 May 1979 | Convair 640 | St Louis, Missouri, United States | Zantop International Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 28 Oct 1987 | Convair 640 (340D) | Bartlesville, Oklahoma, United States | SMB Stage Line, Inc | Minor injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jan 1968 | Piper PA-22 | Baytown, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 13 Mar 1968 | Cessna 150 | Mounds, Oklahoma, United States | Riverside Airl | No injuries | - |
| 27 Mar 1968 | Piper PA-22 | Laurel, Maryland, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 1968 | Piper J5A | Valparaiso, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 May 1968 | Mooney M20D | Santa Rosa, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 31 May 1968 | Cessna 182 | Medford, New Jersey, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |