Descripción del Accidente ASN 15 AUG 1958 Convair CV-240-2 N90670 - Nantucket Memorial Airport, MA (ACK)
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Estado:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Fecha:viernes 15 agosto 1958
Hora:23:34
Tipo:Silhouette image of generic CVLP model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Convair CV-240-2
Operador:Northeast Airlines
Registración: N90670
Numéro de série: 90
Año de Construcción: 1948
Horas Totales de la Célula:26792
Motores: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CB3
Tripulación:Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 3
Pasajeros:Fatalidades: 22 / Ocupantes: 31
Total:Fatalidades: 25 / Ocupantes: 34
Daños en la Aeronave: Anulado
Consecuencias: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Ubicación:0,4 km (0.3 milles) NE of Nantucket Memorial Airport, MA (ACK) (   Estados Unidos de América)
Fase: Aproximación (APR)
Naturaleza:Vuelo Doméstico Programado
Aeropuerto de Salida:New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA/KLGA), Estados Unidos de América
Aeropuerto de Llegada:Nantucket Memorial Airport, MA (ACK/KACK), Estados Unidos de América
Número de Vuelo: 258
Descripción:
The aircraft, on a VOR instrument approach to runway 24, suddenly entered a heavy fog bank. The crew lost sight of the runway and ground; the aircraft struck the ground 1450 feet short of the runway and 600 feet to the right of the extended centerline.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the deficient judgment and technique of the pilot during an instrument approach in adverse weather conditions in failing to abandon the approach when a visibility of one-eights mile was reported, and descending to a dangerously low altitude while still a considerable distance from the runway."

Accident investigation:

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Investigating agency: CAB
Status: Investigation completed
Accident number: final report
Download report: Final report

Fuentes:
» ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 59-AN/54 (180-188)


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Distance from New York-La Guardia Airport, NY to Nantucket Memorial Airport, MA as the crow flies is 322 km (201 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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Convair CV-240

  • 566 built
  • 23rd loss
  • 12th accidente fatal
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