Convair 580 N73135
12 November 1968 · Santa Barbara, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 12 November 1968 at about 17:28 local time, a Convair 580 registered N73135, operated by TEX Johnston I, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Santa Barbara, California, United States. 4 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 17:28
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Santa Barbara, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Santa Barbara
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Convair 580
- Registration
- N73135
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- TEX Johnston I
- Operating rule
- Corporate/Executive
- Purpose of flight
- Dual
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-4638
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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
LNDG GR WARNING HORN INOPERATIVE FOR UNDETERMINED REASON.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Convair 580 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jul 1968 | Convair 580 | Pawnee City, Nebraska, United States | Frontier Airlines, Inc. | Minor 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 | - |