# Incident 19851226067379I: Cvac 340CVAC, Minneapolis, MN, December 26, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1985, 21:10 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Minneapolis St Paul International Wold
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VIAA
- Location: 44.9800° N, 93.2638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9800&lon=-93.2638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3420, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3420-2014-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 640-340D (registry code 2422814, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-640-340d) (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 340CVAC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 451 in this make and model, 191 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851226067379I

## Narrative

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

LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER AFTER CLIMB. RETURNED AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CHECKED NORMAL. CHANGED BATTERY.

## Other reports on N3420 (6)

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

- [Incident 19930506018159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930506018159I), May 6, 1993: Cvac STC340T (N3420), Janesville, WI. Left main tire blew on rollout. Aircraft veered off runway. Struck two runway lights.
- [Incident 19880427020039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880427020039I), Apr 27, 1988: Cvac STC340T (N3420), Gallup, NM. Left generator failed. Unable to put APU on line. Restored power to one generator and landed safely.
- [Incident 19831224063689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831224063689I), Dec 24, 1983: Cvac STC340T (N3420), Cleveland, OH, Substantial damage. Left main landing gear cylinder sheared off on rollout. Moved by crane. Dropped. Cylinder failure undetermined.
- [Incident 19820420028639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820420028639I), Apr 20, 1982: Cvac STC340T (N3420), Chicago, IL. Unable to raise gear on takeoff. Returned. Failed to remove landing gear pins.
- [Incident 19780811037649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780811037649I), Aug 11, 1978: Cvac STC440 (N3420), Toronto, CN, Minor damage. Landing gear door separated from aircraft due to failed hinge.
- [Incident 19780118003449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780118003449I), Jan 18, 1978: Cvac 340CVAC (N3420), Ypsilanti, MI, Minor damage. Propeller struck a snowbank that had not been cleared from parking ramp.

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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