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
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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."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Report number: | final report |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
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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