- Date
- June 24, 1968
- Place
- Sioux Falls, SD · SIOUX FALLS, SD
- Injuries
- 22 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4824CConvair 580
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110672
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0028 68/6/24 NR.SIOUX FALLS,S DAK CONVAIR 580 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1938 N4824C PX- 0 0 19 45, 16810 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 150 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - NORTH CENTRAL AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: ELECTRONIC TOWERS LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 1600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 10 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 13 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- STRUCK TV TOWER GUY WIRE AVOIDING TSTM ACTIVITY.PLT EXCEEDED CLNC LIMITS.LFT PROP SEPARATED.LND OK
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4824C
- Reported as
- Convair 580
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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