Convair CV-580 crash, Mar 5, 1967 (38 killed), Marseilles...
Convair CV-580 accident on March 5, 1967 near Marseilles Ohio, United States with 38 fatalities. Cause: The NTSB traced the blade separation to a...
- Date: March 5, 1967
- Aircraft: Convair CV-580
- Location: Marseilles Ohio, United States
- Fatalities: 38
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The NTSB traced the blade separation to a manufacturing step, a nitriding hardening process that was omitted, which caused a propeller safety feature to fail.
On descent to Toledo, all four propeller blades of the right engine separated in flight. One blade penetrated the fuselage, causing a sudden cabin decompression, and the aircraft dove and crashed in an open field near Marseilles, Ohio, killing all 38 people on board.