Convair CV-340 crash, Dec 21, 1962, Grand Island Nebraska
Convair CV-340 accident on December 21, 1962 near Grand Island Nebraska, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Failure of the crew to monitor...
- Date: December 21, 1962
- Aircraft: Convair CV-340
- Location: Grand Island Nebraska, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Failure of the crew to monitor altitude properly during the landing approach (Civil Aeronautics Board, adopted 19 June 1964)
A Frontier Airlines Convair 340 on a scheduled service approached runway 17 at Grand Island in fog, where there were no approach lights or ILS. It touched down short of the runway, the left wing separated and fire broke out in the wing, and the aircraft was destroyed. All occupants survived; the Civil Aeronautics Board found the crew failed to monitor altitude properly.