# NTSB NYC66A0082: Convair CV-440, N103, Atlantic City, NJ, February 2, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 2, 1966
- 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: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 28, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174105
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC66A0082
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC66A0082

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0104   66/2/2    ATLANTIC CITY NJ    CONVAIR CV-440      CR-  0  0  2  MISCELLANEOUS             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1450                    N103                PX-  0  0  0  FERRY                     45, 7500 TOTAL HOURS, 250
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ATL CITY NAFEC
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          PILOT-MISIDENTIFIED LDG AREA IN UNFAVOR AIRPT COND
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY
           WEATHER - SNOW
        WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  800
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          3 MILES OR LESS                                          SNOW GRAINS/SNOW PELLETS
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND
          HAZE                                                     HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           32                                                       40
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           9                                                       IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR
        REMARKS- LND ON CLEARED TAXIWAY PARALLEDL SNOWCOVER RUNWA
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N103 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CONVAIR CV-440
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Atl City Nafec

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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