# NTSB NYC72AN110: Convair 580, N5803, Windsor Lcks, CT, March 11, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 11, 1972
- Place: Windsor Lcks, CT · WINDSOR LCKS, CT
- Location: 41.9298° N, 72.6580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Windsor Locks, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9298&lon=-72.6580&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 20 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 1, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165397
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC72AN110
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC72AN110

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0020  72/3/11    WINDSOR LCKS,CONN   CONVAIR 580         CR-  0  0  3  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1016                    N5803               PX-  0  0 17                            34, 8952 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            4452 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BRADLEY INTL
        OPERATOR - U.S. AIR
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          NEWARK,NJ                   WINDSOR LCKS,CONN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - PROPELLER SYSTEM: OTHER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - THRUST REVERSAL-ASYMETRICAL
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FRAYED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS
        REMARKS- PWR CTL CABLE,R ENG,FAILED AT ROLLER DRG REVRSE,ACFT SWERVED LEFT.L ENG FTHRD PRIOR HITTING SNWBNK
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5803 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CONVAIR 580
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Bradley Intl

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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