LaGuardia – Nantucket

On August 15, 1958 at 11:34 PM, LaGuardia – Nantucket experienced a crash involving Convair CV-240, operated by Northeast Airlines - USA, with the event recorded near Nantucket Massachusetts.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

34 people were known to be on board, 25 fatalities were recorded, 9 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 73.5%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 31, passenger fatalities: 22, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. During a night approach to Nantucket, the aircraft went through an area of fog. The crew decided to continue the approach when the airplane struck the ground, crashed and burned about 1,450 feet short of runway 24. All three crew members and 22 passengers were killed while nine others were injured, some of them seriously.

Aircraft reference details include registration N90670, MSN 90, year of manufacture 1948.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.2844°, -70.0984°.