- Date
- July 9, 1975
- Place
- Sioux City, IA · SIOUX CITY, IA
- Injuries
- 22 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4801CConvair 580
- Status
- Completed · report January 14, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 150397
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0027 75/7/9 NR.SIOUX CITY,IA CONVAIR 580 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0934 N4801C PX- 0 0 19 42, 13000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 3091 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - NORTH CENTRAL AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SIOUX CITY,IA SIOUX FALLS,SD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - TURBINE ASSEMBLY: WHEEL TURBINE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- 2ND STAGE TURBINE WHEEL (S/N KK15491) FRACTURED RESULTING IN UNCONTAINED TURBINE FAILURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4801C
- Reported as
- Convair 580
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage