Convair CV-990 N5602A

20 February 1966 · Buffalo, New York, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 20 February 1966 at about 20:25 local time, a Convair CV-990 registered N5602A, operated by American Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident during in flight near Buffalo, New York, United States. 80 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 20 February 1966 at 20:25
Classification: Incident
Location: Buffalo, New York, United States
Nearest airport: Buffalo Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Convair CV-990
Registration: N5602A
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: American Airlines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 4-0051

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
80	0	0	0	80

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.

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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 4-0051, 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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