Convair 340 N30DR
26 October 1983 · St. Louis, Missouri, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 26 October 1983 at about 12:52 local time, a Convair 340 registered N30DR, operated by Combs Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident near St. Louis, Missouri, United States. 2 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 12:52
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- St. Louis, Missouri, United States
- Nearest airport
- Lambert-St. Louis (STL)
- Coordinates
- 38.6293, -90.1907
- Aircraft
- Convair 340
- Registration
- N30DR
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Combs Airways, Inc.
- Operating rule
- Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Unknown → Kansas City
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MKC84FA010
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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
WHILE IN A CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF, THE AIRCREW ENCOUNTERED AN ENG PROBLEM (WHICH WAS REPORTED AS DETONATION) & REQUESTED CLEARANCE TO RETURN TO THE DEPARTURE ARPT. THE FLT WAS VECTORED FOR A RIGHT TRAFFIC PATTERN TO RWY 24. THE PLT REPORTED HE WAS AT 2000 FT MSL & HAD FEATHERED THE #1 ENG AS HE TURNED ONTO BASE LEG. GROUND WITNESSES OBSERVED SMOKE TRAILING THE ACFT AS IT TURNED FROM BASE TO FINAL APCH. REPORTEDLY, THE #2 ENG LOST ALL POWER & THE AIRCREW WERE UNABLE TO REACH THE RWY. THE ACFT LANDED HARD ON THE ARPT, BUT APRX 1350 FT SHORT OF THE RWY. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE RIGHT PROP BLADES SLASHED INTO THE GRASS TURF, THE LEFT WING HIT 4 APCH LIGHTS, THEN THE ACFT CROSSED A GULLY & SUBSEQUENTLY, THE RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED. A TEARDOWN OF THE #2 ENG REVEALED THAT ITS MASTER ROD HAD FAILED. BOTH OF THE FRACTURE SURFACES WERE COMPLETELY SMEARED, REMOVING EVIDENCE OF THE FRACTURE ORIGIN. THE #1 ENG WAS REMOVED & MOUNTED ONANOTHER ACFT & OPERATED NORMALLY.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Convair 340 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 1983 | Convair 340/440 | Pierre, South Dakota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 11 Nov 1982 | Convair 340 | Greenboro, North Carolina, United States | Florida Aircraft Leasing Corp. | No injuries | - |
| 25 Aug 1982 | Convair 340 | Del Norte, Colorado, United States | Air Resorts Airlines | Serious injuries | - |
| 16 Apr 1979 | Convair 340 | Key West, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Mar 1978 | Convair 340 | Elma, Iowa, United States | Florida Leasin | No injuries | - |
| 13 Mar 1974 | Convair 340 | Bishop, California, United States | Sierr Pacific | Fatal | 36 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Oct 1983 | Piper PA31-350 | Chillicothe, Missouri, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Mar 1983 | Robinson R-22 | St. Louis, Missouri, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
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| 27 Mar 1983 | Piper PA-24-400 | Salem, Missouri, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
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