Martin 404 N40401

22 August 1962 · Wilmington, North Carolina, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 22 August 1962 at about 07:48 local time, a Martin 404 registered N40401, operated by Piedmont Aviation, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. 3 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 22 August 1962 at 07:48
Classification: Accident
Location: Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
Nearest airport: New Hanover Cty
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Martin 404
Registration: N40401
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Piedmont Aviation, Inc.
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0057

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	1	2

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

MALFUNCTION OF L PROP LOW PITCH STOP LEVER ASSY DUE FOREIGN MATTER IN SERVO VALVE CTL.ENG OUT LDG.

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 1-0057, 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
3 Oct 1962	Martin 404 N40423	Baltimore, Maryland, United States no coordinates	Piedmont Aviation, Inc.	Serious 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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