Date:	Thursday 28 November 1991
Time:	14:34
Type:	Convair CV-240D (T-29)
Owner/operator:	Rhoades International
Registration:	N450GA
MSN:	52-83
Year of manufacture:	1955
Total airframe hrs:	18528 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CB3
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Akron/Canton Regional Airport, OH (CAK) -   United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	Akron/Canton Regional Airport, OH (CAK/KCAK)
Destination airport:	Columbus-Port Columbus International Airport, OH (CMH/KCMH)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
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."

ICAO Adrep Summary 4/94 (#66)
NTSB
Scramble 153

photo (c) Elliot Greenman, via Werner Fischdick; Pittsburgh International Airport, PA (PIT); July 1989

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