Convair 240 accidents

The NTSB database holds 21 accidents and incidents involving the Convair 240, recorded between 1962 to 1998. 4 of them were fatal (19%), and 12 people died.

The deadliest year was 1977, with 6 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (7 records).

Most of these records are from United States and Asia.

18 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

Records

Fatal

Deaths

19%

Share fatal

1962 to 1998

Period

Show these on the map 3 of 21 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 4

1970s 10

1980s 3

1990s 4

Where these happened

United States 18 Asia 1

Operators involved

American Airlines, Inc. 1 Texas International Airlines, Inc. 1 Trans-Texas Airways, Inc. 1 Trans Florida 1 General Dynami 1 Alaska West Co 1

All 21 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
20 Oct 1977	Convair 240 N55VM	Gillsburg, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	L & J Company	Fatal	6
24 May 1980	Convair 240 N300GR	Daytona Beach, Florida, United States no coordinates	Alaska West Co	Fatal	3
4 Sep 1978	Convair 240 N7177B	Clewiston, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
29 Nov 1978	Convair 240 LVMMR	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
24 Sep 1998	Convair 240 N91237	Loiza no coordinates	Trans Florida Airlines Inc.	No injuries	-
30 Jun 1997	Convair 240-53 N344MM	San Juan no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
7 Mar 1997	Convair 240-27 N357T	Hampton, Georgia, United States	-	Minor injuries	-
27 Jul 1993	Convair 240 N156PA	Boise, Idaho, United States	Richard L. Rude	No injuries	-
29 May 1982	Convair 240 N153PA	Detroit, Michigan, United States	-	No injuries	-
22 Sep 1980	Convair 240 ZP-CDO	Okeechobee, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
4 Jun 1978	Convair 240 N91237	Daytona Beach, Florida, United States no coordinates	Trans Florida	No injuries	-
9 Apr 1977	Convair 240 N10AV	Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	American Velod	Serious injuries	-
3 Mar 1977	Convair 240D N94239	Alexandria, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Texas International Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
17 Sep 1975	Convair 240-4 N8329C	Singapore, Asia no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
14 May 1971	Convair 240-14 N1015G	Buhl, Idaho, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
20 Feb 1970	Convair 240 N741J	Hampton, Virginia, United States no coordinates	Allan T Shephe	No injuries	-
17 Jan 1970	Convair 240 N270L	Aspen, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Aspen Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
2 Sep 1969	Convair 240 N8410H	Encampment, Wyoming, United States no coordinates	Hughes Aircraf	Minor injuries	-
29 Oct 1965	Convair 240D N74858	Tallahassee, Florida, United States no coordinates	General Dynami	No injuries	-
6 Oct 1964	Convair 240 N94240	Roswell N Mex, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Trans-Texas Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
20 Jan 1962	Convair 240 N94253	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-