Convair 990 Coronado - Accidents and Incidents

Accidents and Incidents

  • May 30, 1963 — An American Airlines Convair 990 was destroyed by fire at Newark International Airport, New Jersey, USA.
  • May 28, 1968 — A Garuda Indonesia Airways Convair 990 crashed in a nearly vertical attitude, some 4–5 minutes after takeoff from Bombay-Santacruz Airport outside Mumbai, India, killing all 14 crew and 15 passengers.
  • January 5, 1970 — A Spantax Convair 990 crashed near Stockholm-Arlanda Airport outside Stockholm, Sweden while taking off on a three-engine ferry flight to Zürich, Switzerland, killing five crew.
  • February 21, 1970 — A Swissair Convair 990 crashed near Würelingen, Switzerland while trying to return to the airport after an explosion in the aft of the aircraft, killing all nine crew and 38 passengers.
  • August 8, 1970 — A Modern Air Transport Convair 990 crashed on approach to Acapulco-Alvarez International Airport, Mexico, Killing one crew.
  • December 3, 1972 — A Spantax Convair 990 crashed at Los Rodeos Airport on the island of Tenerife while taking off in almost zero visibility, killing all seven crew and 148 passengers.
  • March 5, 1973 — A Spantax Convair 990 on a flight from Madrid to London was involved in a mid-air collision with an Iberia McDonnell Douglas DC-9 over Nantes. The Spantax aircraft lost part of its left wing, but its pilots managed to land safely at Nantes Airport. The Iberia DC-9 crashed killing all 68 passengers and crew on board.
  • April 12, 1973 — A U.S. Navy Lockheed P-3C (157332) operating from NAS Moffett Field in Sunnyvale, California collided with a Convair CV-990 (N711NA) operated by NASA during approach to runway 32R. The aircraft crashed on the Sunnyvale Municipal Golf Course, half a mile short of the runway, resulting in the destruction of both aircraft and the deaths of all aboard except for one Navy crewman.
  • September 10, 1973 — N7876 a California Airmotive Corporation Convair 990 on delivery from Garuda veered to the left and collided with a GCA unit after landing in heavy rain on Guam-Agana airport, Guam.
  • July 17, 1985 — A NASA Convair 990 suffered a blown tire during take-off and caught fire at Riverside-March AFB, California, USA

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