Convair 580 N5844
20 August 1971 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 20 August 1971 at about 20:40 local time, a Convair 580 registered N5844, operated by U.s. Air, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. 53 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 20:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Nearest airport
- Grtr Pittsburgh
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Convair 580
- Registration
- N5844
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- U.s. Air
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- S → Cincinnati, Ohio
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Dusk
- NTSB number
- 1-0018
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
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
WORN LOCK PIN IN UPPER BEARING SHEARED.R GR LOWER ASSY SEPARATED AT PARKERSBURG.DIVERTED TO PITT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Convair 580 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jun 1971 | Convair 580 | New Haven, Connecticut, United States | U.s. Air | Fatal | 28 |
| 4 Jan 1971 | Convair 580 | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States | U.s. Air | No injuries | - |
| 29 Jan 1971 | Convair 580 | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | Frontier Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 11 Mar 1972 | Convair 580 | Windsor Lcks, Connecticut, United States | U.s. Air | No injuries | - |
| 3 Nov 1970 | Convair 580 | Lincoln, Nebraska, United States | Frontier Airlines, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 12 Dec 1970 | Convair 580 | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States | U.s. Air | No injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Mar 1971 | M Mustang M-1 | Aurora, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Jan 1971 | Cessna 172 | Creston, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Jan 1971 | Piper PA-22 | Sarasota, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Mar 1971 | Cessna 172K | Bethany, Oklahoma, United States | Diamond Air, In | No injuries | - |
| 27 Mar 1971 | Taylorcraft DCO-65 | Portage, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 20 May 1971 | Flybaby 1A | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |