Convair 600 N94230

Summary

On 27 September 1973 at about 19:52 local time, a Convair 600 registered N94230, operated by Texas International Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Mena, Arkansas, United States. 11 people were on board and 11 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 September 1973 at 19:52

Classification

Accident

Location

Mena, Arkansas, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Convair 600

Registration

N94230

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

2

Operator

Texas International Airlines, Inc.

Phase of flight

In Flight

Route

Memphis, Tenn → Dallas, Tex

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night (Dark)

NTSB number

1-0017

11 people died.

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

CDFNT ACRS PROPOSED RTE, LOW CIGS FCST.DEVIATED 100MI FRM DIRECT COURSE.HIT MTN RIDGE.RCVRD 9/30/73

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.