Convair 440 N4815C
1 November 1963 · Atlanta, Georgia, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 1 November 1963 at about 11:14 local time, a Convair 440 registered N4815C, operated by Delta Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Atlanta, Georgia, United States. 38 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 11:14
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Nearest airport
- Atlanta
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Convair 440
- Registration
- N4815C
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Delta Air Lines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 1-0061
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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
LEFT OUTBOARD WHEEL SEPARATED DUE TO AXLE FAILURE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Convair 440 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Aug 1963 | Convair 440 | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 28 Sep 1966 | Convair 440 | Richmond Va, Virginia, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 15 Apr 1967 | Convair 440 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 12 Jun 1968 | Convair 440 | Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 28 Jan 1968 | Convair 440 | Benton Harbr, Michigan, United States | North Central Airlines, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 20 Mar 1968 | Convair 440 | Evansville, Indiana, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jan 1963 | Douglas DC-7 | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 29 Jan 1963 | Vickers 810 | Kansas City, Missouri, United States | Continental Air Lines, Inc. | Fatal | 8 |
| 3 Feb 1963 | Lockheed 1049H | San Francisco, California, United States | Slick Airways, Inc. | Fatal | 4 |
| 16 Feb 1963 | Curtiss-Wrt C-46F | Puyallup, Washington, United States | Zantop Air Transport | Serious injuries | - |
| 17 Jan 1963 | Fairchild F-27 | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | West Coast Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 3 |
| 12 Feb 1963 | Boeing 720B | Miami, Florida, United States | Northwest Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 43 |