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Northeast Airlines Flight 258
	A Convair CV-240 similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date	August 15, 1958
Summary	Pilot error
Site	Near Nantucket Memorial Airport, Massachusetts ; 41°15′48″N 70°03′16″W / 41.2632°N 70.0544°W
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Convair CV-240
Operator	Northeast Airlines
Registration	N90670
Flight origin	La Guardia Airport, New York City
Destination	Nantucket Memorial Airport
Passengers	31
Crew	3
Fatalities	25
Injuries	9
Survivors	9

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Northeast Airlines Flight 258 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from New York's La Guardia Airport that crashed while trying to land at Nantucket Memorial Airport, Massachusetts, at 11:34 on the night of August 15, 1958. All three crew-members and 20 of the 31 passengers were killed, among them Gordon Dean, former chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission.^[1]^[2]

The accident aircraft, a Convair 240 operated by Northeast Airlines, commenced a non-precision VOR approach to the uncontrolled airport despite the fact that visibility, at one-eighth of a mile in fog, was below the legal minimum required for such an approach. The aircraft flew into the ground a third of a mile short of the Runway 24 threshold and some 600 feet to the right of the extended centre-line.^[3] A post-crash fire ensued; most survivors as well as many of the dead were ejected from the wreckage.^[4]^[5]

A Civil Aeronautics Board investigation found that the captain of the aircraft failed to acknowledge transmissions warning him of the deteriorating weather conditions in the minutes before the crash. The CAB also criticised Northeast's training and operational procedures, noting deficiencies in aircrew proficiency, recordkeeping and monitoring of company radio frequencies.^[6]

References[edit]

^ Walsh, Robert (August 17, 1958). "Air Safety Probe Demanded for N.E.: Nantucket Crash Toll Rises to 23; 11 Survive". The Boston Daily Globe.
^ "Gordon Dean, 52, Was Truman Aide; Victim in Nantucket Crash Headed A.E.C. for 3 Years" New York Times Aug 17, 1958 link
^ "ASN Aircraft accident Convair CV-240-2 N90670 Nantucket Memorial Airport, MA (ACK)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
^ Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, August 16, 1958
^ "19 on airliner killed in crash at Nantucket"; New York Times, August 19, 1958
^ Lewiston (ME) Daily News, March 27, 1959

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[1] Walsh, Robert (August 17, 1958). "Air Safety Probe Demanded for N.E.: Nantucket Crash Toll Rises to 23; 11 Survive". The Boston Daily Globe.

[2] "Gordon Dean, 52, Was Truman Aide; Victim in Nantucket Crash Headed A.E.C. for 3 Years" New York Times Aug 17, 1958 link

[3] "ASN Aircraft accident Convair CV-240-2 N90670 Nantucket Memorial Airport, MA (ACK)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 29 August 2017.

[4] Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, August 16, 1958

[5] "19 on airliner killed in crash at Nantucket"; New York Times, August 19, 1958

[6] Lewiston (ME) Daily News, March 27, 1959

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-'''Northeast Airlines Flight 258''' was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from New York's [[La Guardia Airport]] that crashed while trying to land at [[Nantucket Memorial Airport]], Massachusetts, at 11:34 on the night of August 15, 1958. All three crew-members and 20 of the 31 passengers were killed, among them [[Gordon Dean (lawyer)|Gordon Dean]], former chairman of the [[United States Atomic Energy Commission]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Walsh |first1=Robert |title=Air Safety Probe Demanded for N.E.: Nantucket Crash Toll Rises to 23; 11 Survive |work=The Boston Daily Globe |date=August 17, 1958}}</ref><ref>"Gordon Dean, 52, Was Truman Aide; Victim in Nantucket Crash Headed A.E.C. for 3 Years " ''New York Times'' Aug 17, 1958 [https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0E15FD3D59127A93C5A81783D85F4C8585F9 link]</ref>
+'''Northeast Airlines Flight 258''' was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from New York's [[La Guardia Airport]] that crashed while trying to land at [[Nantucket Memorial Airport]], Massachusetts, at 11:34 on the night of August 15, 1958. All three crew-members and 20 of the 31 passengers were killed, among them [[Gordon Dean (lawyer)|Gordon Dean]], former chairman of the [[United States Atomic Energy Commission]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Walsh |first1=Robert |title=Air Safety Probe Demanded for N.E.: Nantucket Crash Toll Rises to 23; 11 Survive |work=The Boston Daily Globe |date=August 17, 1958}}</ref><ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/1958/08/17/archives/gordon-dean-52-was-truman-aide-victim-in-nantucket-crash-headed-aec.html Gordon Dean, 52, Was Truman Aide; Victim in Nantucket Crash Headed A.E.C. for 3 Years]" ''New York Times'' Aug 17, 1958 [https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0E15FD3D59127A93C5A81783D85F4C8585F9 link]</ref>
-The accident aircraft, a [[Convair 240]] operated by [[Northeast Airlines]], commenced a non-precision [[VHF omnidirectional range|VOR]] approach to the uncontrolled airport despite the fact that visibility, at one-eighth of a mile in fog, was below the legal minimum required for such an approach. The aircraft flew into the ground a third of a mile short of the Runway 24 threshold and some 600 feet to the right of the extended centre-line.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19580815-1|title=ASN Aircraft accident Convair CV-240-2 N90670 Nantucket Memorial Airport, MA (ACK)|website=aviation-safety.net|accessdate=29 August 2017}}</ref> A post-crash fire ensued; most survivors as well as many of the dead were ejected from the wreckage.<ref>''Saskatoon Star-Phoenix'', August 16, 1958</ref><ref>[http://select.nytimes.com%2Fgst%2Fabstract.html%3Fres%3DFB0F17FE3D591A7493C4A81783D85F4C8585F9&ei=oLLqUZiTAfLH4AOO6IEI&usg=AFQjCNFW2BUqaKqeLHwU_zuy6VJaYv1xnw&sig2=PcqNtNLMXogyGGOFq8AYKA "19 on airliner killed in crash at Nantucket"]; ''New York Times'', August 19, 1958</ref>
+The accident aircraft, a [[Convair 240]] operated by [[Northeast Airlines]], commenced a non-precision [[VHF omnidirectional range|VOR]] approach to the uncontrolled airport despite the fact that visibility, at one-eighth of a mile in fog, was below the legal minimum required for such an approach. The aircraft flew into the ground a third of a mile short of the Runway 24 threshold and some 600 feet to the right of the extended centre-line.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19580815-1|title=ASN Aircraft accident Convair CV-240-2 N90670 Nantucket Memorial Airport, MA (ACK)|website=aviation-safety.net|accessdate=29 August 2017}}</ref> A post-crash fire ensued; most survivors as well as many of the dead were ejected from the wreckage.<ref>''Saskatoon Star-Phoenix'', August 16, 1958</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1958/08/16/archives/19-on-airliner-killed-in-crash-at-nantucket-trip-began-here-gordon.html  "19 on airliner killed in crash at Nantucket"]; ''New York Times'', August 19, 1958</ref>
 A [[Civil Aeronautics Board]] investigation found that the captain of the aircraft failed to acknowledge transmissions warning him of the deteriorating weather conditions in the minutes before the crash. The CAB also criticised Northeast's training and operational procedures, noting deficiencies in aircrew proficiency, recordkeeping and monitoring of company radio frequencies.<ref>''Lewiston'' (ME) ''Daily News'', March 27, 1959</ref>
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 == External links ==
+*[https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/33598 Final accident report, Civil Aeronautics Board]<!--Old URL: http://web.archive.org/web/20200221074939/https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/33598/dot_33598_DS1.pdf -->
 *[http://digital.hagley.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A2463591 The Patient in Room 601 - Documentary on crash of Flight 258 in Nantucket in 1958 focusing on Lita Levine, a survivor of the crash from New York City]
 {{Aviation accidents and incidents in 1958}}
+{{Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States in the 1950s}}
 [[Category:Airliner accidents and incidents in Massachusetts]]

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