Convair 580 N5837
12 June 1973 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 12 June 1973 at about 09:10 local time, a Convair 580 registered N5837, operated by U.s. Air, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. 53 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 09:10
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Nearest airport
- Grtr Pittsburgh
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Convair 580
- Registration
- N5837
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- U.s. Air
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Route
- Baltimore, Md → Cincinnati, Ohio
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 1-0014
People
1 person had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 |
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
NOSE GR UPPER L DRAG STRUT FAILED. NOSE GR WOULDNT RETRACT ON PREVIOUS TKOF.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Convair 580 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 1973 | Convair 580 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | North Central Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 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 | - |
| 13 Jan 1974 | Convair 580 | Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States | Frontier Airlines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 29 Jun 1972 | Convair 580 | Appleton, Wisconsin, United States | North Central Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 13 |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jan 1973 | Cessna 150J | No.olmstead, Ohio, United States | Ortner Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 1973 | Cessna 180 | Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1973 | Cessna 210H | Flagler Beach, Florida, United States | Asphalt Produc | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Apr 1973 | Cessna 172 | Bristol, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 May 1973 | Cessna 150F | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Mar 1973 | Lake LA-4 | Key West, Florida, United States | US Dept of INT | No injuries | - |