Date:	Friday 21 December 1962
Time:	20:30
Type:	Convair CV-340-31
Owner/operator:	Frontier Airlines (FL)
Registration:	N73130
MSN:	59
Year of manufacture:	1953
Total airframe hrs:	19654 hours
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 42
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Grand Island, NE -   United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Kansas City Downtown Municipal Airport, MO (MKC/KMKC)
Destination airport:	Grand Island Municipal Airport, NE (GRI/KGRI)
Investigating agency:	CAB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Touched down 4061 feet short of runway 17 in fog. The aircraft caught fire.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Failure of the crew to monitor altitude properly during a landing approach."

CAB Aircraft Accident Report File No. 1-0037
ICAO Accident Digest No.14 Volume I, Circular 71-AN/63 (101-103)

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