# NTSB FTW66A0120: Convair 600, N74856, Hot Spring, AR, June 27, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: June 27, 1966
- Place: Hot Spring, AR · HOT SPRING, AR
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 16 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 1, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 171452
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW66A0120
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW66A0120

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0024  66/6/27  NR.HOT SPRING ARK     CONVAIR 600         CR-  0  1  2  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 1016                    N74856              PX-  0  0 14                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        OPERATOR - CENTRAL AIRLINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           EVASIVE MANEUVER                                         IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT
        WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          CLEAR                                                    UNLIMITED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          HAZE                                                      93
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
           40                                                       6
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR                                                      IFR
        REMARKS- SHARP PULL-UP TO AVOID UNIDENTIFIED LIGHT AIRCRAFT OBSERVED ON COLLISION COURSE.SKY CONDITION HAZY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N74856 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CONVAIR 600
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: No damage

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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