FTW65A0069

NTSB accident investigation · Convair CV-240 · Tulsa, OK · January 8, 1965

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
January 8, 1965
Place
Tulsa, OK · TULSA, OK
Injuries
12 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N74850Convair CV-240
Status
Completed · report March 30, 1965
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
181695

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0002   65/1/8    TULSA OKLA          CONVAIR CV-240      CR-  0  0  3  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1232                    N74850              PX-  0  0  9                            53, 20614 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            2532 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TULSA INTL
        OPERATOR - CENTRAL AIRLINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED
        REMARKS- RT MLG UPLATCH CABLE BROKE AND SWAGE FITTING JAMMED THE EMERGENCY GEAR SYSTEM.

Aircraft

Registration
N74850
Reported as
Convair CV-240
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Tulsa Intl

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.