Washington DC – Groton – New London – New Haven – Philadelphie – Newport News

On June 7, 1971 at 09:49 AM, Washington DC – Groton – New London – New Haven – Philadelphie – Newport News experienced a crash involving Convair CV-580, operated by Allegheny Airlines, with the event recorded near New Haven Connecticut.

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.

31 people were known to be on board, 28 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 90.3%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 28, passenger fatalities: 26, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. During a non precision approach to New Haven-Tweed Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with rain falls. On final, the pilot-in-command passed below the glide slope and continued the approach until the airplane struck cottages and crashed in flames 4,890 feet short of runway 02. Three occupants survived while 28 others were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N5832, MSN 384, year of manufacture 1967.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.3082°, -72.9251°.