# NTSB MKC69I0003: Convair 580, N73121, Pawnee City, NE, July 23, 1968

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: July 23, 1968
- Place: Pawnee City, NE · PAWNEE CITY, NE
- Location: 40.1106° N, 96.1531° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pawnee City, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1106&lon=-96.1531&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 4 minor, 21 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 18, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 108107
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC69I0003
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC69I0003

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0017  68/7/23  NR.PAWNEE CITY,NEBR   CONVAIR 580         CR-  0  0  3  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1645                    N73121              PX-  0  0 22                            38, 9410 TOTAL HOURS, 168
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        OPERATOR - FRONTIER AIRLINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           TURBULENCE                                               IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        REMARKS- ACFT PENETRATED TSTM,ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURB. SEAT BELT SIGN WAS ON.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N73121](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73121-1995-09-05), registration cancelled 1995-09-05, S/N 35 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONVAIR 580
- Registry model: [Convair 340-31](https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-340-31) (registry code 2422804) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- 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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