- Date
- August 7, 1980
- Place
- Clearwater, FL · CLEARWATER, FL
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N477KWConvair 440
- Status
- Completed · report November 4, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800807082379I
- Case key
- 129371
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0027 80/8/7 CLEARWATER,FL CONVAIR 440 CR- 0 0 7 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1340 N477KW PX- 0 0 0 OTHER 45, 20000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 6000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - ST.PETE-CLEARWATR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLEARWATER,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: BLOWER,IMPELLER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- 2 FAA INSPECTORS ON BOARD FOR FINAL PROVING FLT BFR USE OF ACFT IN SCHED COMMUTER PAX SERVICE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N477KW
- Reported as
- Convair 440
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- St.Pete-Clearwatr
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.