# Incident 19800102010979I: Cvac 240/, Columbus, OH, January 2, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1980, 18:05 local time
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Airport: Port Columbus
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: WRTA
- Location: 39.9612° N, 82.9988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, OH, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9612&lon=-82.9988&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74855, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N74855-2018-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 600-240D (registry code 2422660, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-600-240d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce DART-542 series (registry code 54522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-dart-542-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC 240/
- People aboard: 21
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,800 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800102010979I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NOSE GEAR AXLE BROKE, WHEEL ROLLED BACK INTO PROPELLER, DAMAGED ALL FOUR BLADES.

## Other reports on N74855 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19781003031029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781003031029I), Oct 3, 1978: Cvac STC240T (N74855), Mt Vernon, OH. Unscheduled landing due to smoke in the cockpit. Smoke was caused by overheated heater blower motor.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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