UNK65X0158

NTSB incident investigation · Convair 240 · Roswell, NM · October 6, 1964

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
October 6, 1964
Place
Roswell, NM · ROSWELL, NM
Injuries
4 uninjured
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N94240Convair 240
Status
Completed · report January 29, 1965
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
180563

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0035   64/10/6   ROSWELL N MEX       CONVAIR 240         CR-  0  0  3  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TIME - 1720                    N94240              PX-  0  0  1
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        OPERATOR - TRANS-TEXAS AIRWAYS,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE

Aircraft

Registration
N94240
Reported as
Convair 240
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
No damage

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.