Convair 580 N968N
31 May 1973 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 31 May 1973 at about 17:07 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 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. 52 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 17:07
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Nearest airport
- Minneapolis-St.pa
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Convair 580
- Registration
- N968N
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- North Central Airlines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Watertown, S Dak → S
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 4-0017
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
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
R GR WOULDNT EXTEND.UPLATCH CABLE FAILED AT PULLEY.GR EMER SYS INOP DUE LEAKS & STICKY UPLATCH CYL
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Convair 580 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jun 1973 | Convair 580 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | U.s. Air | Minor injuries | - |
| 11 Mar 1972 | Convair 580 | Windsor Lcks, Connecticut, United States | U.s. Air | No injuries | - |
| 4 Dec 1972 | Convair 580 | Alamosa, Colorado, United States | Frontier Airlines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 24 Nov 1972 | Convair 580 | Chicago, Illinois, United States | North Central Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 13 Jan 1974 | Convair 580 | Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States | Frontier Airlines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 29 Jun 1972 | Convair 580 | Appleton, Wisconsin, United States | North Central Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 13 |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jan 1973 | Cessna 150J | No.olmstead, Ohio, United States | Ortner Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 1973 | Cessna 180 | Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1973 | Cessna 210H | Flagler Beach, Florida, United States | Asphalt Produc | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Apr 1973 | Cessna 172 | Bristol, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 May 1973 | Cessna 150F | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Mar 1973 | Lake LA-4 | Key West, Florida, United States | US Dept of INT | No injuries | - |