Convair 580 N968N
1 February 1970 · Houghton, Michigan, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 1 February 1970 at about 22:29 local time, a Convair 580 registered N968N, operated by North Central Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident during the landing phase of flight near Houghton, Michigan, United States. 24 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
- at 22:29
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Houghton, Michigan, United States
- Nearest airport
- Houghton Memorial
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Convair 580
- Registration
- N968N
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- North Central Airlines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Chicago, Ill → S
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 4-0018
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
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
LND LONG, RWY COVERED WITH 2 IN SNOW. ACFT VEEREDL DURING REVERSE THRUST, SLID OFF RWY TO R SIDE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Convair 580 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Nov 1970 | Convair 580 | Lincoln, Nebraska, United States | Frontier Airlines, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 12 Dec 1970 | Convair 580 | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States | U.s. Air | No injuries | - |
| 1 Feb 1970 | Convair 580 | Detroit, Michigan, United States | North Central Airlines, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 23 Dec 1970 | Convair 580 | Kansas City, Missouri, United States | Frontier Airlines, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 28 Jun 1970 | Convair 580 | Morgantown, West Virginia, United States | U.s. Air | No injuries | - |
| 20 Oct 1970 | Convair 580 | Wheeling, West Virginia, United States | U.s. Air | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Norwood, Massachusetts, United States | E W Wiggins AI | No injuries | - |
| 10 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Albany, New York, United States | McIntyre Aviat | No injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 1970 | N American SNJ-4 | Dothan, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Ridgely, Maryland, United States | Charles B Todd | No injuries | - |
| 24 Jul 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Torrance, California, United States | Sperry Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 12 Dec 1970 | Aeronca 11AC | Butler, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |