Allegheny Airlines Flight 736

Allegheny Airlines Flight 736
A Convair 580 similar to the one involved
Occurrence
DateDecember 24, 1968
SummaryControlled flight into terrain
Site
Aircraft
Aircraft typeConvair CV-580
OperatorAllegheny Airlines
RegistrationN5802
Flight originDetroit, Michigan
1st stopoverErie International Airport
DestinationBradford Regional Airport
Occupants47
Passengers41
Crew6
Fatalities20
Injuries27
Survivors27

Allegheny Airlines Flight 736 was a regularly scheduled flight that crashed while attempting to land at Bradford Regional Airport in Bradford, Pennsylvania, on December 24, 1968. Of the 47 occupants on board, 20 were killed.