# NTSB MKC79FA015: Convair CV580, N73161, St Louis, MO, January 19, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 19, 1979
- Place: St Louis, MO · ST LOUIS, MO
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 11, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 137647
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC79FA015
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FA015

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0018  79/1/19    ST LOUIS,MO         CONVAIR CV580       CR-  0  0  3  FERRY                     AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0943                    N73161              PX-  0  0  0                            45, 10000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            130 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LAMBERT-ST LOUIS
        OPERATOR - FRONTIER AIRLINES,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          KANSAS CITY,MO              ST LOUIS,MO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE
        REMARKS- NLG DRAG STRUT BROKE, PLN 340-5210105.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N73161](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73161-1988-09-20), registration cancelled 1988-09-20, S/N 354 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONVAIR CV580
- Registry model: [Convair 440](https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-440) (registry code 2422902) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis

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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