# NTSB NYC66A0106: Convair 340, N5804, Bradford, PA, April 1, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 1, 1966
- Place: Bradford, PA · BRADFORD, PA
- Location: 41.9610° N, 78.6409° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bradford, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9610&lon=-78.6409&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 47 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 10, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 172926
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC66A0106
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC66A0106

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0060   66/4/1    BRADFORD PA         CONVAIR 340         CR-  0  0  3  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 2010                    N5804               PX-  0  0 44                            49, 11590 TOTAL HOURS, 11
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MC KEAN COUNTY
        OPERATOR - U.S. AIR
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5804 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CONVAIR 340
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Mc Kean County

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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