# Accident 20190911012859A: Convair 440, Monclova, OH, September 11, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2019, 02:37 local time
- Place: Monclova, OH
- Airport: Toledo Express
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Part 125 operator
- Operator: FEIB
- Location: 41.5964° N, 83.7839° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5964&lon=-83.7839&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24DR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24DR-2022-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 440 (registry code 2422902, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-440) (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: CONVAIR 440
- Reported engine: P & W R-2800 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19MA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19MA312) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190911012859A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM NQA TO TOL. AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO DESCEND FROM 7000' TO 3000' WX CLR10. AIRCRAFT REPORTED AIRPORT INSIGHT AND WAS DESCENDED TO 2400' AND CLEARED FOR THE VISUAL APPROACH.

AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED DESCENDING AND SLOWING ON BASE TO FINAL, RWY25. AIRCRAFT STRUCK A NUMBER OF TREES STARTING AT .75 MILES FROM RWY ON FINAL. AIRCRAFT CRASHED AND BURNED .6 MILES FROM END OF RWY. PILOT AND COPILOT ONBOARD WERE FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 CEN19MA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19MA312), Sep 11, 2019: Convair 440 (N24DR), Monclova, OH, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The flight crew’s failure to maintain the proper airspeed on final approach, which resulted in an inadvertent aerodynamic stall and impact with trees, and terrain. Contributing to the accident was…

## Other reports on N24DR (2)

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

- [Incident 20000617019899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000617019899I), Jun 17, 2000: Cvac 440 (N24DR), Palm Springs, CA. (-23) On June 17, 2000, a convair 440, departed Palm Springs airport, Palm Springs, California enroute to ontario, California. The pilot reported that the oil…
- [Incident 20000526019889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000526019889I), May 26, 2000: Cvac 440 (N24DR), Palm Springs, CA. (-23) On may 26, 2000, a convair 440, N24DR, departed el paso, Texas on an IFR flight plan under VFR conditions enroute to ontario, California. During the…

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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