# Accident 19800524015269A: Cvac 240/, Daytona Beach, FL, May 24, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1980, 16:00 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2108° N, 81.0228° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Daytona Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2108&lon=-81.0228&mi=10
- Aircraft: N300GR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N300GR-2009-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 240 (registry code 2422601, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-240) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC 240/
- Reported engine: PWA R2800*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 7,300 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800524015269A

## Narrative

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

OVERGROSS, PILOTS NOT RATED IN AIRCRAFT ENGINE FIRE ON TAKEOFF. NO EMERGENCY ACTION. BELOW VMC, LOST CONTROL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA80FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA065), May 24, 1980: Convair 240 (N300GR), Daytona Beach, FL, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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