Convair CV580 N73161
19 January 1979 · St Louis, Missouri, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 19 January 1979 at about 09:43 local time, a Convair CV580 registered N73161, operated by Frontier Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near St Louis, Missouri, United States. 3 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 09:43
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- St Louis, Missouri, United States
- Nearest airport
- Lambert-St Louis
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Convair CV580
- Registration
- N73161
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Frontier Airlines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Route
- Kansas City, Mo → S
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 1-0018
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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
NLG DRAG STRUT BROKE, PLN 340-5210105.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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