Convair 580 N73121
23 July 1968 · Pawnee City, Nebraska, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 23 July 1968 at about 16:45 local time, a Convair 580 registered N73121, operated by Frontier Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident during in flight near Pawnee City, Nebraska, United States. 25 people were on board and 4 had minor injuries. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 16:45
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Pawnee City, Nebraska, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Convair 580
- Registration
- N73121
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Frontier Airlines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Aircraft damage
- None
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 4-0017
People
4 people had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 |
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
ACFT PENETRATED TSTM, ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURB. SEAT BELT SIGN WAS ON.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Convair 580 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Nov 1968 | Convair 580 | Santa Barbara, California, United States | TEX Johnston I | No injuries | - |
| 4 Aug 1968 | Convair 580 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States | North Central Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 3 |
| 24 Jun 1968 | Convair 580 | Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States | North Central Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 24 Dec 1968 | Convair 580 | Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States | U.s. Air | Fatal | 20 |
| 27 Dec 1968 | Convair 580 | Chicago, Illinois, United States | North Central Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 27 |
| 25 Jul 1968 | Convair 580 | Morgantown, West Virginia, United States | U.s. Air | Minor 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 | - |