- Date
- March 5, 1967
- Place
- Marseilles, OH · MARSEILLES, OH
- Injuries
- 38 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73130Convair 340
- Status
- Completed · report April 15, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79636
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0001 67/3/5 NR.MARSEILLES,OHIO CONVAIR 340 CR- 3 0 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2007 N73130 PX- 35 0 0 45, 22425 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 403 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - LAKE CENTRAL AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: HYDRAULIC PITCH CONTROL MECHANISM PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RPM-UNCONTROLLABLE-OVERSPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- RT PROPELLER FAILED DUE TO OMISSION OF THE TORQUE PISTON NITRIDING PROCESS DURING MANUFACTURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73130
- Reported as
- Convair 340
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
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