Convair 340 accidents

The NTSB database holds 21 accidents and incidents involving the Convair 340, recorded between 1962 to 2011. 3 of them were fatal (14%), and 75 people died.

The deadliest year was 1967, with 38 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (8 records).

Most of these records are from United States.

16 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

14%

Share fatal

1962 to 2011

Period

Show these on the map 5 of 21 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 12

1970s 3

1980s 4

1990s 1

2010s 1

Where these happened

United States 21

Operators involved

U.s. Air 5 Frontier Airlines, Inc. 2 Delta Air Lines, Inc. 1 Sierr Pacific 1 North Central Airlines, Inc. 1 Florida Leasin 1

All 21 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
5 Mar 1967	Convair 340 N73130	Marseilles, Ohio, United States no coordinates	Lake Central Airlines, Inc.	Fatal	38
13 Mar 1974	Convair 340 N4819C	Bishop, California, United States no coordinates	Sierr Pacific	Fatal	36
19 Oct 1962	Convair 340 N8415H	Windsor Lock, Connecticut, United States no coordinates	U.s. Air	Fatal	1
17 Jan 2011	Convair 340-71 N8277Q	Charlotte Amalie, United States	Tiger Contract Cargo	No injuries	-
5 Jan 1996	Convair 340 N358SA	Spokane, Washington, United States	-	Minor injuries	-
26 Oct 1983	Convair 340 N30DR	St. Louis, Missouri, United States	Combs Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
20 Oct 1983	Convair 340/440 N199CF	Pierre, South Dakota, United States	-	No injuries	-
11 Nov 1982	Convair 340 N4814C	Greenboro, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Florida Aircraft Leasing Corp.	No injuries	-
25 Aug 1982	Convair 340 N477KW	Del Norte, Colorado, United States	Air Resorts Airlines	Serious injuries	-
16 Apr 1979	Convair 340 N94480	Key West, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
21 Mar 1978	Convair 340 N4807C	Elma, Iowa, United States no coordinates	Florida Leasin	No injuries	-
30 Jun 1968	Convair 340 N4813C	Memphis, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Nov 1967	Convair 340T N73120	Great Falls, Montana, United States no coordinates	Frontier Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
23 Jul 1967	Convair 340 N3427	Des Moines, Iowa, United States no coordinates	Braniff Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
29 Nov 1966	Convair 340 N3414	New Cumberland Pa, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	U.s. Air	No injuries	-
1 Apr 1966	Convair 340 N5804	Bradford Pa, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	U.s. Air	No injuries	-
7 May 1964	Convair 340 N73104	Salt Lake City Ut, Utah, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
28 May 1963	Convair 340 N8427H	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	U.s. Air	No injuries	-
8 May 1963	Convair 340 N3415	Newark, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	U.s. Air	No injuries	-
21 Dec 1962	Convair 340 N73130	Grand Island, Nebraska, United States no coordinates	Frontier Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
24 Oct 1962	Convair 340 N90857	Pierre, South Dakota, United States no coordinates	North Central Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-