Convair CV-600 crash, Aug 4, 1989, Augusta
Convair CV-600 accident on August 4, 1989 near Augusta, Maine, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Propeller control system failure of...
- Date: August 4, 1989
- Aircraft: Convair CV-600
- Location: Augusta, Maine, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Propeller control system failure of undetermined cause during a precautionary landing, with adverse weather and an unexplained electrical failure as contributing factors.
A Convair CV 600 registered N94253 of International Turbine Service on a positioning flight from Bangor to Buffalo diverted to Augusta, Maine, as the weather worsened. The propellers did not go into fine pitch on landing, so the pilot steered off the runway down an embankment. All three occupants survived uninjured and the aircraft was written off.