- Date
- November 18, 1978
- Place
- Wilmington, OH · WILMINGTON, OH
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N74853Convair 600
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781118039219A
- Case key
- 139553
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0019 78/11/18 WILMINGTON,OH CONVAIR 600 CR- 0 0 2 SCHED DOM CARGO SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0600 N74853 PX- 0 0 1 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILMINGTON INDUST OPERATOR - WRIGHT AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILMINGTON,OH CHICAGO,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/JET/ROTOR BLAST STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE MISCELLANEOUS - PROP/JET/ROTOR BLAST REMARKS- CARGO HAMPERS BLOWN INTO PROP WHEN GROUND CREWMAN ATTEMPTED TO PASS BETWEEN ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74853
- Reported as
- Convair 600
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wilmington Indust
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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.