Nantucket, Massachusetts – August 15, 1958 

     On the night of August 15, 1958, Northeast Airlines flight 258 took off from New York’s La Guardia Airport bound for Nantucket, Massachusetts, with thirty-one passengers and a crew of three.  The aircraft was a Convair CV-240-2, (Reg. No. N90670).  

     At about 11:30 p.m., as the plane was making its landing approach to runway 24 at Nantucket Airport it encountered thick fog and low visibility. The plane crashed and burned 1450 feet short of the runway and 600 feet to the right of the center line. 

     Of the 34 people aboard, only nine survived, one being a 2-year-old child.  

    Sources:

     The Evening Star, (Washington D.C.), “Plane Dives In Fog Over Nantucket”, August 16, 1958.

     The Nome Nugget, (Alaska), “22 Killed In Northeast Airline Crash Friday”, August 18, 1958, page 5

     The Aviation Safety Network