# NTSB NYC63A0189: Convair 340, N8427H, Atlantic City, NJ, May 28, 1963

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 28, 1963
- Place: Atlantic City, NJ · ATLANTIC CITY, NJ
- Location: 39.3773° N, 74.4511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlantic City, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3773&lon=-74.4511&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 41 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 7, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107527
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC63A0189
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC63A0189

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0031  63/5/28    ATLANTIC CITY,NJ    CONVAIR 340         CR-  0  0  4  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1844                    N8427H              PX-  0  0 37                            45, 9375 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            1250 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ATLANTIC CITY
        OPERATOR - U.S. AIR
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC.
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE
                                  UNUSUAL NOISE
        REMARKS- LFT GR STRUT GLAND NUT BACKED OFF DUE LOCKING SCREWS OF INADEQUATE LENGTH.GR SEPARATED,STRUCK, BLD
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8427H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CONVAIR 340
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Atlantic City

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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