- Date
- March 13, 1974
- Place
- Bishop, CA · BISHOP, CA
- Injuries
- 36 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4819CConvair 340
- Status
- Completed · report February 21, 1975
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19740313006889A
- Case key
- 79638
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0188 74/3/13 NR.BISHOP,CALIF CONVAIR 340 CR- 4 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1928 N4819C PX- 32 0 0 NS CTR PASSG 50, 9902 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1742 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BISHOP,CALIF BURBANK,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SAFE DISTC FRM HAZARDOUS TRRN NOT MAINTAINED DRGNITE VISUAL FLT CONDS.HIT MTN 6100FT LVL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4819C
- Reported as
- Convair 340
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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