Convair 340 N4813C
30 June 1968 · Memphis, Tennessee, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 30 June 1968 at about 11:56 local time, a Convair 340 registered N4813C, operated by Delta Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Memphis, Tennessee, United States. 26 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 11:56
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Memphis, Tennessee, United States
- Nearest airport
- Memphis Metro
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Convair 340
- Registration
- N4813C
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Delta Air Lines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 1-0054
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
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
R LNDG GR DOOR YOKE MISALIGNED. CAUSED BENDING OF GR DOOR ACTUATOR ARM. JAMMED R GR DOOR CLOSED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Convair 340 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jul 1967 | Convair 340 | Des Moines, Iowa, United States | Braniff Airways, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 1 Nov 1967 | Convair 340T | Great Falls, Montana, United States | Frontier Airlines, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 5 Mar 1967 | Convair 340 | Marseilles, Ohio, United States | Lake Central Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 38 |
| 29 Nov 1966 | Convair 340 | New Cumberland Pa, Pennsylvania, United States | U.s. Air | No injuries | - |
| 1 Apr 1966 | Convair 340 | Bradford Pa, Pennsylvania, 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 | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jan 1968 | Piper PA-22 | Baytown, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 13 Mar 1968 | Cessna 150 | Mounds, Oklahoma, United States | Riverside Airl | No injuries | - |
| 27 Mar 1968 | Piper PA-22 | Laurel, Maryland, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 1968 | Piper J5A | Valparaiso, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 May 1968 | Mooney M20D | Santa Rosa, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 31 May 1968 | Cessna 182 | Medford, New Jersey, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |