Date: | Thursday 28 November 1991 |
Time: | 14:34 |
Type: | Convair CV-240D (T-29) |
Owner/operator: | Rhoades International |
Registration: | N450GA |
MSN: | 52-83 |
Year of manufacture: | 1955 |
Total airframe hrs: | 18528 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CB3 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Akron/Canton Regional Airport, OH (CAK) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Akron/Canton Regional Airport, OH (CAK/KCAK) |
Destination airport: | Columbus-Port Columbus International Airport, OH (CMH/KCMH) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Convair climbed to 200 feet when one of the engines emitted smoke. The pilot tried to make a forced landing in a field, but struck electrical wires and a fence, before crashing in flames.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The use of an improper grade of fuel, which was approved by the captain and resulted in a loss of engine power during climbout and an in flight collision with terrain."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC92LA037 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 4 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 4/94 (#66)
NTSB
Scramble 153
Location
Images:
photo (c) Elliot Greenman, via Werner Fischdick; Pittsburgh International Airport, PA (PIT); July 1989
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