Date: | Wednesday 20 March 1968 |
Time: | 20:07 |
Type: | Convair CV-340-38 |
Owner/operator: | Delta Air Lines |
Registration: | N4820C |
MSN: | 152 |
Year of manufacture: | 1954 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 42 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Evansville, IN -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Evansville-Dress Regional Airport, IN (EVV/KEVV) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:A no. 1 engine failure caused the crew to make a single engine landing at Evansville in rain and low ceiling conditions. The pilot aborted the go-around he had initiated and crash-landed. An exhaust valve failure in the no.15 cylinder caused the engine failure. The pilot misjudged speed and distance while landing.
PROBABLE CAUSES:
powerplant - engine structure: cylinder assembly
miscellaneous acts, conditions - material failure
pilot in command - misjudged distance and speed
FACTORS:
weather - low ceiling
weather - rain
airports/airways/facilities - airport conditions: wet runway
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI68A0084 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB File 1-0015
Images:
photo (c) Phil Brooks; Evansville, IN; 21 March 1968
photo (c) Phil Brooks; Evansville, IN; 21 March 1968
photo (c) Phil Brooks; Evansville, IN; 21 March 1968
photo (c) Bob Garrard; Columbus-Port Columbus International Airport, OH (CMH/KCMH); February 1967
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