Convair CV-240 crash, Aug 15, 1958 (25 killed), Nantucket...
Convair CV-240 accident on August 15, 1958 near Nantucket Massachusetts, United States with 25 fatalities. Cause: Pilot failed to abandon the approach...
- Date: August 15, 1958
- Aircraft: Convair CV-240
- Location: Nantucket Massachusetts, United States
- Fatalities: 25
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Pilot failed to abandon the approach when visibility dropped in fog
Northeast Airlines Flight 258, a Convair 240 from LaGuardia, crashed short of runway 24 at Nantucket Memorial Airport on 15 August 1958 after the crew continued a non-precision approach in fog below minimums. The Civil Aeronautics Board found that the captain did not acknowledge warnings about the deteriorating weather. Gordon Dean, former chairman of the US Atomic Energy Commission, was among the dead.