Vickers 812 N243V

8 July 1962 · Amarillo, Texas, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 8 July 1962 at about 07:06 local time, a Vickers 812 registered N243V, operated by Continental Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Amarillo, Texas, United States. 16 people were on board and 4 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 8 July 1962 at 07:06
Classification: Accident
Location: Amarillo, Texas, United States
Nearest airport: Amarillo
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Vickers 812
Registration: N243V
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Continental Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Houston, Tex
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0010

People

4 people had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
16	0	0	4	12

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PLT DIVERTED ATTENTION.ALLOWED ACFT TO SETTLE TORWY STRIKING NBR 2 AND 3 PROPS.FEATH NBR 2 PROP.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 1-0010, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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