Convair 340 N73130
21 December 1962 · Grand Island, Nebraska, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 21 December 1962 at about 20:30 local time, a Convair 340 registered N73130, operated by Frontier Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Grand Island, Nebraska, United States. 43 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 4 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Grand Island, Nebraska, United States
- Nearest airport
- Grand Island
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Convair 340
- Registration
- N73130
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Frontier Airlines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Kansas City, Mo → Denver, Colo
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 1-0037
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 38 |
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
CREW FAILED TO MONITOR ALTITUDE PROPERLY. HIT 4061 FT SHORT OF RWY.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Convair 340 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Oct 1962 | Convair 340 | Pierre, South Dakota, United States | North Central Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 19 Oct 1962 | Convair 340 | Windsor Lock, Connecticut, United States | U.s. Air | Fatal | 1 |
| 28 May 1963 | Convair 340 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | U.s. Air | No injuries | - |
| 8 May 1963 | Convair 340 | Newark, New Jersey, United States | U.s. Air | No injuries | - |
| 7 May 1964 | Convair 340 | Salt Lake City Ut, Utah, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 29 Nov 1966 | Convair 340 | New Cumberland Pa, Pennsylvania, United States | U.s. Air | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jul 1962 | Armstrong AW-650 | Rome, New York, United States | Capitol Airways | No injuries | - |
| 11 Sep 1962 | Sud Avn SE 210 | Cleveland, Ohio, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 30 Aug 1962 | Boeing 720 | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 17 Aug 1962 | Curtiss-Wrt C-46R | Miami, Florida, United States | Riddle Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 23 Sep 1962 | Boeing 720 | Albany, New York, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 26 Jan 1962 | Boeing 720B | Ft.lauderdale, Florida, United States | Northwest Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |