- Date
- June 28, 1970
- Place
- Morgantown, WV · MORGANTOWN, WV
- Injuries
- 23 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5826Convair 580
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121523
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0023 70/6/28 MORGANTOWN,W VA CONVAIR 580 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1215 N5826 PX- 0 0 20 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - U.S. AIR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLARKSBURG,W VA MORGANTOWN,W VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT COPILOT - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT REMARKS- CREW BECAME ILL DUE TO STRONG VAPOR FROM LEAKING CARGO IN BAY BLO COCKPIT. AMYL ACETATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5826
- Reported as
- Convair 580
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
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