Convair 580 N90858
29 June 1972 · Appleton, Wisconsin, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 29 June 1972 at about 09:37 local time, a Convair 580 registered N90858, operated by North Central Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Appleton, Wisconsin, United States. 5 people were on board. In all, 13 people died in this accident, including people in another aircraft or on the ground. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 09:37
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Convair 580
- Registration
- N90858
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- North Central Airlines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Green Bay, Wis → Chicago, Ill
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 1-0005
People
13 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
BOTH CREWS FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID.DETECTION REDUCED BY ATMOSPHERIC COND & HUMAN VISUAL LIMITATION
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Convair 580 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Mar 1972 | Convair 580 | Windsor Lcks, Connecticut, United States | U.s. Air | No injuries | - |
| 4 Dec 1972 | Convair 580 | Alamosa, Colorado, United States | Frontier Airlines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 24 Nov 1972 | Convair 580 | Chicago, Illinois, United States | North Central Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 12 Jun 1973 | Convair 580 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | U.s. Air | Minor injuries | - |
| 7 Jun 1971 | Convair 580 | New Haven, Connecticut, United States | U.s. Air | Fatal | 28 |
| 20 Aug 1971 | Convair 580 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | U.s. Air | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 1972 | Piper PA-11 | Moberly, Missouri, United States | Tail Draggers | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 Jan 1972 | Piper PA-28R | Paradise, Washington, United States | Sportsman Airp | Fatal | 3 |
| 10 May 1972 | Douglas DC-9 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 1 Jul 1972 | Cessna 172K | Maysville, Kentucky, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Oct 1972 | Piper PA-22 | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | Oxford Flying | Minor injuries | - |
| 6 Aug 1972 | Amer Avco AA1A | Atco, New Jersey, United States | - | No injuries | - |