- Date
- October 3, 1978
- Place
- Cleveland, OH · CLEVELAND, OH
- Injuries
- 30 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N74855Convair CV-600
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781003031029I
- Case key
- 138163
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0023 78/10/3 CLEVELAND,OH CONVAIR CV-600 CR- 0 0 2 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1820 N74855 PX- 0 0 28 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - WRIGHT AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLEVELAND,OH COLUMBUS,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - AIR CONDITION,HEATING AND PRESSURIZATION: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE TEMPERATURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- COCKPIT HEATER BLOWER MOTOR,P/N M4582C-1,BEARING FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74855
- Reported as
- Convair CV-600
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Damage
- Minor damage
N74855Registration cancelled Jan 26, 2018 · Convair 600-240DAirframe modelConvair 600-240DEngine modelRolls-Royce DART-542 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.