Convair 580 N4824C
24 June 1968 · Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 24 June 1968 at about 19:38 local time, a Convair 580 registered N4824C, operated by North Central Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States. 22 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 19:38
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Convair 580
- Registration
- N4824C
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- North Central Airlines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 1-0028
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
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
STRUCK TV TOWER GUY WIRE AVOIDING TSTM ACTIVITY.PLT EXCEEDED CLNC LIMITS.LFT PROP SEPARATED.LND OK
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 | - |
| 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 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 | - |