# NTSB MIA68I0106: Convair 440, N8305, Spartanburg, SC, June 12, 1968

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: June 12, 1968
- Place: Spartanburg, SC · SPARTANBURG, SC
- Location: 34.9456° N, 81.9259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spartanburg, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9456&lon=-81.9259&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 39 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 23, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109680
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA68I0106
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA68I0106

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0023  68/6/12  NR.SPARTANBURG,SC     CONVAIR 440         CR-  0  0  3  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1645                    N8305               PX-  0  0 37                            35, 7000 TOTAL HOURS, 400
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           TURBULENCE                                               IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        REMARKS- CREW HAD WARNED OF POSSIBLE TURB FROM SCTD TSTMS. STEWARDESS THROWN IN GALLEY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8305 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CONVAIR 440
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- 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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