| Date: | Saturday 21 December 1963 |
| Time: | 11:42 |
| Type: |  Convair CV-580 |
| Owner/operator: | Union Oil Company of California |
| Registration: | N7601 |
| MSN: | 452 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Midland Air Terminal, TX (MAF) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | |
| Midland Air Terminal, TX (MAF/KMAF) |
When flaps were extended on approach, the Convair began a series of uncontrolled pitch-up and pitch-down oscillations, crashed and slid onto runway 10. A layer of ice (0,5 inch high, 2,5 inch wide) was found on the wing.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Failure of crew to utilize full deicing and anti-icing capabilities in known icing conditions.
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