Saint Louis - Minneapolis

On March 21, 1978 at 01:45 AM, Saint Louis - Minneapolis experienced a crash involving Convair CV-340, operated by Florida Aircraft Leasing Corporation, with the event recorded near Elma Iowa.

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

4 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route from Saint Louis to Minneapolis, while cruising at an altitude of 6,000 feet, the right engine caught fire. The copilot declared an emergency and was cleared to divert to Elma Airport. Shortly later, the right engine detached. The crew completed an emergency descent but made a forced landing off airport on land. All four occupants evacuated safely while the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration N4807C, MSN 84, year of manufacture 1953.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 43.2442°, -92.4363°.