Convair 580 N5803
11 March 1972 · Windsor Lcks, Connecticut, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 11 March 1972 at about 10:16 local time, a Convair 580 registered N5803, operated by U.s. Air, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Windsor Lcks, Connecticut, United States. 20 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 10:16
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Windsor Lcks, Connecticut, United States
- Nearest airport
- Bradley Intl
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Convair 580
- Registration
- N5803
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- U.s. Air
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Newark, Nj → S
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 1-0020
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
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
PWR CTL CABLE, R ENG, FAILED AT ROLLER DRG REVRSE, ACFT SWERVED LEFT.L ENG FTHRD PRIOR HITTING SNWBNK
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Convair 580 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | - |
| 29 Jun 1972 | Convair 580 | Appleton, Wisconsin, United States | North Central Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 13 |
| 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 | - |