Accident Convair CV-340-38 N4820C, Wednesday 20 March 1968

Date:	Wednesday 20 March 1968
Time:	20:07
Type:	Convair CV-340-38
Owner/operator:	Delta Air Lines
Registration:	N4820C
MSN:	152
Year of manufacture:	1954
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 42
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Evansville, IN - United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Evansville-Dress Regional Airport, IN (EVV/KEVV)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
A no. 1 engine failure caused the crew to make a single engine landing at Evansville in rain and low ceiling conditions. The pilot aborted the go-around he had initiated and crash-landed. An exhaust valve failure in the no.15 cylinder caused the engine failure. The pilot misjudged speed and distance while landing.

PROBABLE CAUSES:
powerplant - engine structure: cylinder assembly
miscellaneous acts, conditions - material failure
pilot in command - misjudged distance and speed
FACTORS:
weather - low ceiling
weather - rain
airports/airways/facilities - airport conditions: wet runway

Accident investigation: