# NTSB MIA67A0042: Convair 440, N9313, Richmond, VA, September 28, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 28, 1966
- Place: Richmond, VA · RICHMOND, VA
- Location: 37.5538° N, 77.4603° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5538&lon=-77.4603&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 33 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 4, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 121422
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA67A0042
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA67A0042

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0031  66/9/28    RICHMOND VA         CONVAIR 440         CR-  0  0  4  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1822                    N9313               PX-  0  0 29                            37, 8850 TOTAL HOURS, 762
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - RICHARD E BYRD
        OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           COPILOT - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  300
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1/2 MILE OR LESS                                         NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          FOG                                                       67
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
           60                                                       4
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          BELOW MINIMUMS                                           IFR
        REMARKS- TREES STRUCK ARE AT RNWY ELEV & ABOUT 65 FT AND 3300 FT BYND END OF RNWY.PLT CONTINUED FLT TO DEST
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9313 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CONVAIR 440
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Richard E Byrd

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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