Convair CV-580 crash, Dec 24, 1968 (20 killed), Bradford...
Convair CV-580 accident on December 24, 1968 near Bradford Pennsylvania, United States with 20 fatalities. Cause: Continued descent through the minimum...
- Date: December 24, 1968
- Aircraft: Convair CV-580
- Location: Bradford Pennsylvania, United States
- Fatalities: 20
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Continued descent through the minimum descent altitude into terrain while both crew members were looking outside for visual references; contributing factors were minimal night visual references, a small navigational error and a rapid change in visibility
Allegheny Flight 736, a Convair 580 flying from Detroit to Washington DC with stops at Erie, Bradford and Harrisburg, was on a night instrument approach to Bradford in snow showers. It continued descending through the minimum altitude while both crew members looked outside for visual references, and it struck trees about 2.5 nautical miles short of the runway. The aircraft came to rest inverted, and 20 people were killed.