- Date
- January 18, 1965
- Place
- Windsor Lock, CT · WINDSOR LOCK, CT
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 12 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4406Convair CV-440
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181696
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0003 65/1/18 WINDSOR LOCK CONN CONVAIR CV-440 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1630 N4406 PX- 0 1 9 42, 16527 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 6083 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRADLEY OPERATOR - MOHAWK AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - HYDRAULIC SYSTEM: BY-PASS VALVE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WRONG PART MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED REMARKS- IMPROPER RETAINING RING INSTALLED IN HYDRO BY-PASS VALVE- PASSENGER GOT OUT OF SEAT CONTRA ORDERS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4406
- Reported as
- Convair CV-440
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Bradley