Convair 580 N588PL
7 August 1980 · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 7 August 1980 at about 02:52 local time, a Convair 580 registered N588PL, operated by Interstate Air, was involved in an incident during the landing phase of flight near Boston, Massachusetts, United States. 3 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
- at 02:52
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Nearest airport
- Logan Intl
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Convair 580
- Registration
- N588PL
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Interstate Air
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Cargo Operations
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- S → Windsor Locks, Ct
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 5-0041
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
FWD HINGE OF R NOSE GEAR DOOR FAILED, JAMMED NOSEGEAR IN UP PSN.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Convair 580 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Dec 1980 | Convair 580 | Norfolk, Virginia, United States | Summit Airline | No injuries | - |
| 26 Jul 1979 | Convair 580 | Joplin, Missouri, United States | Frontier Airlines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 31 Oct 1979 | Convair 580 | Thief Riv Fls, Minnesota, United States | Republic Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 4 Nov 1981 | Convair 580 | Longview, Texas, United States | Metro Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 25 Jul 1978 | Convair 580 | Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States | North Central Airlines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 20 Apr 1978 | Convair 580 | Cleveland, Ohio, United States | Evergreen International Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Feb 1980 | Grum-Amer AA-5 | Miami, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 20 Mar 1980 | Piper PA-30 | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | Caro-Wings FLI | Fatal | 1 |
| 27 May 1980 | Cessna 150 | Clinton, Maryland, United States | Andrews Aero C | No injuries | - |
| 19 May 1980 | Cessna 150 | Everett, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 May 1980 | Grumman AA-1 | Sylvania, Ohio, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 10 Apr 1980 | Cessna 150 | Colusa, California, United States | Sky View Aviat | No injuries | - |