# NTSB DCA69A0011: Convair 440, N5825, Bradford, PA, January 6, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 6, 1969
- Place: Bradford, PA · BRADFORD, PA
- Location: 41.9610° N, 78.6409° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bradford, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9610&lon=-78.6409&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 11 fatal, 14 serious, 3 minor
- Status: Completed, report July 15, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 191452
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA69A0011
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA69A0011

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0001   69/1/6  NR.BRADFORD,PA        CONVAIR 440         CR-  2  0  1  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 2035                    N5825               PX-  9 14  2                            33, 5761 TOTAL HOURS, 500
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BRADFORD REGIONAL
        OPERATOR - U.S. AIR
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          WASHINGTON,DC               DETROIT,MICH                 ERIE,PA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- POSSIBLE MISREADING OF ALTIMETER,ALTIMETER MALFUNCTION,OR MISREADING OF INST APCH CHART.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5825](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5825-1970-06-25), registration cancelled 1970-06-25, S/N 386 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONVAIR 440
- Registry model: [Convair 440](https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-440) (registry code 2422902) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Bradford Regional

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.

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