- Date
- October 20, 1977
- Place
- Gillsburg, MS · GILLSBURG, MS
- Injuries
- 6 fatal, 19 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N55VMConvair 240
- Status
- Completed
- FAA report
- 19771020043659A
- Case key
- 195024
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3896 77/10/20 GILLSBURG,MS CONVAIR 240 CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1852 N55VM PX- 4 19 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG 34, 6802 TOTAL HOURS, 68 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENVILLE,SC BATON ROUGE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- R ENG MALFUNCTION OF UNDETERMINED NATURE RESULTED IN HIGHER THAN NORMAL FUEL CONSUMPTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55VM
- Reported as
- Convair 240
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N55VMRegistration cancelled Aug 23, 2012 · Convair 240Airframe modelConvair 240Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-2800 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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