# NTSB UNK65X0158: Convair 240, N94240, Roswell, NM, October 6, 1964

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 6, 1964
- Place: Roswell, NM · ROSWELL, NM
- Location: 33.3734° N, 104.5294° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roswell, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3734&lon=-104.5294&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 29, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180563
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0158
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0158

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94240-2012-11-20), registration cancelled 2012-11-20, S/N 81, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONVAIR 240
- Registry model: [Convair 600-240D](https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-600-240d) (registry code 2422660) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rolls-Royce DART-542 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-dart-542-series) (registry code 54522, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: No damage

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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