Lake Central Airlines Flight 527 - Marseilles, Ohio
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Mr. 0
N 40° 41.595 W 083° 25.845
17T E 294616 N 4507547
Quick Description: Sadly this seems to have been forgotten by most. This Convair CV-340 crashed on March 5, 1967.
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 9/3/2007 2:49:26 PM
Waymark Code: WM24P7
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Long Description:There is no memorial plaque or anything at the site of this airline
accident, even though all 38 people aboard the flight were killed
in the accident.
On March 5, 1967, Lake Central Airlines Flight 527 left Chicago,
IL, bound for Detroit, MI. The flight had scheduled stops including
Lafayette, IN, Cincinnati, OH, Columbus, OH and Toledo, OH. During
its leg from Columbus to Toledo, at about 8:05pm the flight was
cleared to begin its descent from 10,000 feet to 6,000 ft on its
approach to Toledo. About this time a manufacturer defect in the
http://www.coastcomp.com/av/fltline2/imgal50/cv340.jpg>Convair
CV-340 caused the torque cylinder in the right engine to fail. In
turn the prop pressure oil was lost, the propeller oversped and all
four of the blades separated. The number 2 blade entered the
fuselage, ripping it apart. The failure of the fuselage and engine
both caused the plane to crash.
The plane hit in a rural area outside of Marseilles, Ohio in a
couple of farm fields. Debris was found on both sides of Township
Highway 94, north of County Rd 100/Twp Hwy 7. The debris was
removed. Anything that might have been missed has since been plowed
under the fields over the years.
The model of this plane seems to be up for debate. Some
information lists it as a Convair CV-340, while others have it as a
Convair CV-580, the confusion seems to come from the fact that the
tail number N73130 was used on both a 340 and a 580. Lake Central
Airlines did use both models, but the official NTSB report shows it
to be a 340.
The full text of the NTSB report can be found in .PDF format at
the http://amelia.db.erau.edu/gen/ntsbaar.htm#68>Hunt
Library.