Martin 404 N40423

3 October 1962 · Baltimore, Maryland, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 3 October 1962 at about 10:27 local time, a Martin 404 registered N40423, operated by Piedmont Aviation, Inc., was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Baltimore, Maryland, United States. 13 people were on board. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 3 October 1962 at 10:27
Classification: Accident
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Nearest airport: Friendship
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Martin 404
Registration: N40423
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Piedmont Aviation, Inc.
Phase of flight: Taxi
Route: S → Lexington, Ky
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0051

People

Injuries not recorded.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
13	0	0	0	13

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 FAILED TO ASSURE TAXIWAY WAS CLEAR BEFORE TAXYING.PROP HIT GPU.DISPATCH INSTR LACKING FOR TYPE

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 1-0051, 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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Other Martin 404 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
22 Aug 1962	Martin 404 N40401	Wilmington, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Piedmont Aviation, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
6 Aug 1962	Martin 404 N40415	Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Piedmont Aviation, Inc.	No injuries	-
17 Apr 1962	Martin 404 N40436	Lompoc, California, United States no coordinates	Pacific Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
2 Jul 1963	Martin 404 N449A	Rochester, New York, United States no coordinates	Mohawk Airlines, Inc.	Fatal	7
17 Jun 1963	Martin 404 N145S	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Southern Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
7 Jan 1967	Martin 404 N478A	Cleveland, Ohio, United States no coordinates	East Coast Fly	No injuries	-

All 21 records for this type

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