Martin 404 N259S

21 February 1972 · Columbus, Mississippi, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 21 February 1972 at about 21:06 local time, a Martin 404 registered N259S, operated by Southern Airways, Inc., was involved in an incident during the taxi phase of flight near Columbus, Mississippi, United States. 28 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 21 February 1972 at 21:06
Classification: Incident
Location: Columbus, Mississippi, United States
Nearest airport: Lowndes County
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Martin 404
Registration: N259S
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Southern Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: Taxi
Route: Atlanta, Ga → S
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 4-0005

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
28	0	0	0	28

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

CAPT THOUGHT ACFT HAD CLEARED TWY, TURNED OFF TWYINTO SOFT EARTH.1ST OFFICER BUSY IN COCKPIT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 4-0005, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
25 Aug 1972	Martin 404 N469M	Ft.lauderdale, Florida, United States no coordinates	C.m.h.leasing	No injuries	-
10 Dec 1970	Martin 404 N143S	Atlanta, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Southern Airways, Inc.	Fatal	-
30 May 1970	Martin 404 N40412	Atlanta, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Lehigh Acres D	Fatal	1
10 Feb 1970	Martin 404 N40402	Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Piedmont Aviation, Inc.	No injuries	-
2 Oct 1970	Martin 404 N464M	Silver Plume, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Golden Eagle A	Fatal	30
16 Jun 1975	Martin 404 N40425	Key West, Florida, United States no coordinates	Southeast Airl	No injuries	-

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