# Convair 240-13

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 2422626
- Manufacturer (registry): CONVAIR
- Model: 240-13
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing multi engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 2 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 42
- Weight class: 20,000 lb and over
- Cruise speed: 210 mph
- Certification: Type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-240-13

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

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None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## NTSB investigations (2)

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 ATL98LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98LA129), Sep 24, 1998: Convair 240 (N91237), Loiza, PR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of power in the No. 2 engine for undetermined reasons, and the inability of the pilot to establish a climb and/or maintain altitude. A factor was the incompletely feathered No. 2 propeller..
- [NTSB MIA78DA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78DA095), Jun 4, 1978: Convair 240 (N91237), Daytona Beach, FL, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

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.

- [Accident 19980924026379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980924026379A), Sep 24, 1998: Cvac 24013 (N91237), Johnstown, PA, Substantial damage. (-23)On September 24, 1998, trans Florida airlines (tfa) flight 237, CV-240, N91237, on its second attempt for takeoff from runway 8, luis munoz marin intl…
- [Accident 19780604022329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780604022329A), Jun 4, 1978: Cvac 24013 (N91237), Daytona Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Fire erupted in left eng due fuel leak from line deteriorated by

## Service difficulty reports (4)

As reported by operators and repair stations, by the model named in the report.

- [SDR 98ZZZM332](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZM332), Feb 6, 1998: CYLINDER. CRACKED. WHILE IN CRUISE, NR 2 ENGINE BEGAN BACKFIRING REPEATEDLY ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND SECURED AND LANDED MDPC WITH NO INCIDENT. FOUND NR 4 CYLINDER CRACKED. REMOVED AND
- [SDR 98ZZZX494](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX494), Nov 23, 1997: AIR PASSAGE. BLOCKED. ON CLIMB-OUT AT 6,000 FEET, NOTICED LEFT ENGINE FUEL FLOW LOWER THAN RIGHT ENGINE. AT 7,500 FEET, WAS GRADUALLY GETTING LOWER. SUDDENLY DROPPED TO ZERO, AND ENG
- [SDR 96ZZZM1400](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZM1400), Sep 17, 1996: AIR SCOOP. FOD. ON TAKEOFF ROLL, LEFT ENGINE ONLY DEVELOPED 46 INCH MAP AND 2600 RPM. THE TAKEOF WAS ABORTED AND RETURNED TO RAMP. REMOVED FOD FROM UPPER AIR INTAKE SCOOP. AIRC
- [SDR 96ZZZX331](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZX331), Nov 8, 1995: ROD BEARING. FAILED. NR 2 ENGINE HAD INCREASING OIL TEMPERATURE AND DECREASING OIL PRESSURE. THIS STABILIZED, BUT OIL QUANTITY CONTINUED TO DECREASE AND SMOKE WAS OBSERVED COMING OU

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