Convair 440 N477KW
18 September 1980 · Brunswick, Georgia, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 18 September 1980 at about 16:45 local time, a Convair 440 registered N477KW, operated by Ocean Airways, was involved in an incident during in flight near Brunswick, Georgia, United States. 20 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 16:45
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Brunswick, Georgia, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Convair 440
- Registration
- N477KW
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Ocean Airways
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- St Simons Is, Ga → Atlanta, Ga
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 5-0043
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
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
VANE CTL SHAFT & OTBRD AUGMENTOR TUBE ON L ENG FAILED.HOT GASES BURNED WIRES, WING, FLAP TORQUE TUBE
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Convair 440 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Aug 1980 | Convair 440 | Clearwater, Florida, United States | Ocean Airways | No injuries | - |
| 24 Nov 1979 | Convair 440 | Freeport, Other-Foreign Countries | MacKey International | Serious injuries | - |
| 4 Jun 1981 | Convair 440 | Dillingham, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Aug 1979 | Convair 440 | San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States | Cornerstone Co | No injuries | - |
| 18 Jan 1982 | Convair 440 | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | Island Airlines Hawaii Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 12 May 1978 | Convair 440 | Shippingport, Pennsylvania, United States | Argosy Airline | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Feb 1980 | Grum-Amer AA-5 | Miami, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 20 Mar 1980 | Piper PA-30 | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | Caro-Wings FLI | Fatal | 1 |
| 27 May 1980 | Cessna 150 | Clinton, Maryland, United States | Andrews Aero C | No injuries | - |
| 19 May 1980 | Cessna 150 | Everett, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 May 1980 | Grumman AA-1 | Sylvania, Ohio, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 10 Apr 1980 | Cessna 150 | Colusa, California, United States | Sky View Aviat | No injuries | - |