# Accident 20040813035189A: Cvac 580, Florence, KY, August 13, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2004, 00:50 local time
- Place: Florence, KY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: I5HA
- Location: 38.9905° N, 84.6403° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9905&lon=-84.6403&mi=10
- Aircraft: N586P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N586P-2007-10-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: General Dynamics CV-580 (registry code 3790242, https://openairdocs.org/model/general-dynamics-cv-580) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC 580
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA04MA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA04MA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040813035189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ON TIME WITH AN ENROUTE TIME OF ONE HOUR AND TWENTY FIVE MINUTES. SOME WHERE DURING THE FLIGHT THE CROSS FEED WAS ACTIVATED AND THE LEFT AND RIGHT ENGINES WERE FEEDING FROM THE LEFT FUEL TANK. DARNING THE FLIGHT, THE FIRST OFFICER WAS SPEAKING OF A CONTROL PROBLEM AND AS THE AIRSPEED GOT SLOWER THE CONTROL PROBLEM GOT WORSE. BOTH ENGINES LOST POWER AT APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET ABOUT THE GROUND, APPROXIMATELY ONE TO TWO MILES FROM THE LANDING RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TREES AND TERRAIN AND WAS DESTROYED. OF THE TWO OCCUPANTS ON BOARD, THE FIRST OFFICER SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 DCA04MA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA04MA068), Aug 13, 2004: Convair Div. of Gen. Dynamics CV-340 (580) (N586P), Florence, KY, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: fuel starvation resulting from the captain's decision not to follow approved fuel crossfeed procedures. Contributing to the accident were the captain's inadequate preflight planning, his subsequent…

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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