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Date: | Friday 19 October 1962 |
Time: | 20:52 |
Type: | Convair CV-440-47 |
Owner/operator: | Allegheny Airlines |
Registration: | N8415H |
MSN: | 125 |
Year of manufacture: | 1948 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 52 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Near Farmington, CT -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Philadelphia, PA |
Destination airport: | Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Stewardess was sucked out of the aircraft and died when the rear service door suddenly blew open at 4000ft.
Sources:
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=OT19621020.1.2&srpos=1432&e=26-04-1962-31-12-1962--en--20--1421-byDA-txt-txIN-Plane+crash------- https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/33679/dot_33679_DS1.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
25 May 1953 |
PH-TEI |
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
0 |
Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS) |
![](/database/country/flags_15/PH.gif) |
w/o |
23 July 1965 |
N8415H |
Allegheny Airlines |
0 |
8 km ENE of Montoursville, PA |
![](/database/country/flags_15/N.gif) |
w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-May-2024 16:40 |
Cobar |
Added |
30-May-2024 16:40 |
ASN |
Updated |
30-May-2024 16:52 |
Cobar |
Updated [Narrative] |
31-May-2024 05:51 |
Cobar |
Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
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