Convair CV-440 Metropolitan crash, Dec 16, 1984, Jasper-W...
Convair CV-440 Metropolitan accident on December 16, 1984 near Jasper-Walker County-Bevill Field, Alabama, United States with no fatalities. Cause:...
- Date: December 16, 1984
- Aircraft: Convair CV-440 Metropolitan
- Location: Jasper-Walker County-Bevill Field, Alabama, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Failure of the connecting rod and piston in cylinder 6 of the right engine, with the propeller not feathered; tire overtemperature and the ditch contributed (NTSB DCA85AA006).
An Air Resorts Airlines Convair 440 on a non scheduled charter from Birmingham to Oxford, Mississippi lost power on its right engine shortly after leveling at 6,000 feet and the propeller could not be feathered. The crew diverted to Walker County Airport in Jasper, Alabama where a fire followed, and after landing the aircraft veered into a ditch with its gear collapsing and was destroyed.