Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 20 FEB 1970 |
| Time: | 12:44 |
| Type: | Convair CV-240-0 |
| Operator: | Jet International |
| Registration: | N741J |
| C/n / msn: | 146 |
| First flight: | 1949 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 24 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 28 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Hampton-Langley AFB, VA (LFI) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Richmond International Airport (Byrd Field), VA (RIC/KRIC), United States of America |
| Linden Airport, NJ (LDJ), United States of America |
The Convair was flown with numerous maintenance discrepancies. Because of landing gear locking problems, the crew decided to carry out an emergency belly landing at Langley AFB. The aircraft belly landed there on a foamed runway.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
personnel - maintenance,servicing,inspection: improper maintenance (maintenance personnel)
airframe - landing gear: gear locking mechanism
miscellaneous acts,conditions - corroded/corrosion
miscellaneous acts,conditions - material failure
miscellaneous acts,conditions - intentional wheels-up
FACTOR:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - landed on foamed runway Sources:
» NTSB id IAD70AI046
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Richmond International Airport (Byrd Field), VA to Linden Airport, NJ as the crow flies is 433 km (271 miles).
Distance from Richmond International Airport (Byrd Field), VA to Linden Airport, NJ as the crow flies is 433 km (271 miles).
