Convair CV-440 Metropolitan crash, Sep 11, 2019 (2 killed)
Convair CV-440 Metropolitan accident on September 11, 2019 near Toledo-Express, Ohio, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: Failure to maintain...
- Date: September 11, 2019
- Aircraft: Convair CV-440 Metropolitan
- Location: Toledo-Express, Ohio, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Failure to maintain proper airspeed on final approach leading to an inadvertent stall, with crew fatigue contributing.
A Convair 440 cargo aircraft on a nonscheduled flight from Millington Memphis to Toledo hit trees and then the ground on final approach to runway 25 at Toledo Express. Both pilots were killed. The NTSB found the crew failed to maintain proper airspeed, causing an aerodynamic stall, and that crew fatigue contributed.