Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 28 NOV 1991 |
| Time: | 14:34 |
| Type: | Convair CV-240D (T-29) |
| Operator: | Rhoades International |
| Registration: | N450GA |
| C/n / msn: | 52-83 |
| First flight: | 1955 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 18528 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CB3 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Akron/Canton Regional Airport, OH (CAK) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Akron/Canton Regional Airport, OH (CAK/KCAK), United States of America |
| Columbus-Port Columbus International Airport, OH (CMH/KCMH), United States of America |
The Convair climbed to 200 feet when one of the engines emitted smoke. The pilot tried to make a forced landing in a field, but struck electrical wires and a fence, before crashing in flames.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The use of an improper grade of fuel, which was approved by the captain and resulted in a loss of engine power during climbout and an in flight collision with terrain." Sources:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 4/94 (#66)
» NTSB
» Scramble 153
Photos
N450GA was later leased to Rhoades International
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 Akron/Canton Regional Airport, OH to Columbus-Port Columbus International Airport, OH as the crow flies is 158 km (99 miles).
Distance from Akron/Canton Regional Airport, OH to Columbus-Port Columbus International Airport, OH as the crow flies is 158 km (99 miles).
