due to it being attached to the fuselage with fraudulent bolts; the vibration caused a rudder hard-over. All 55 occupants were killed in the worst-ever accident involving the Convair 580. October 3, 2003: An Air Freight NZ CV-580F (ZK-KFU) after severe icing caused the aircraft to stall and enter a spiral dive, crashed into the sea near Paraparaumu, New Zealand. The aircraft suffered an in-flight breakup. Both pilots were killed. August 13, 2004: Air Tahoma Flight 185, a CV-580 (N586P), crashed during approach to landing at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, Covington, Kentucky, killing the first officer. The cause of the crash was fuel starvation as a result of improper fuel cross-feed application. September 1, 2008: An Air Tahoma CV-580 freighter (N587X) conducting its first flight following a maintenance "C" Check, crashed in Pickaway County, Ohio, immediately after departure from Columbus's Rickenbacker International Airport. The crew had declared an in flight emergency and was attempting to return to the departure airport. Reports indicate the flight was also being used as a training flight for the first officer. All three occupants – the captain, first officer and a company pilot observer – were killed in the crash or post-crash fire. An NTSB report blamed elevator trim cables reversed during maintenance as the cause of the crash. July 31, 2010: Conair Aviation Flight 448, a CV-580, crashed while fighting a forest fire. The crash was in the Jackass Mountain region in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. January 18, 2018: An Air Tribe CV-580F (XA-TRB) suffered substantial damage after the landing gear collapsed during an engine run-up test at South Padre International Airport. Convair CV-600 September 27, 1973: Texas International Airlines Flight 655, a CV-600, crashed into a mountain at night time near Mena, Arkansas, killing all 11 on board in the deadliest (and only fatal) accident involving the Convair 600. A probe blamed the captain for not using all the navigation aids available to him and deviating from the preplanned route. Convair CV-640 September 17, 1969: Pacific Western Airlines Flight 627, a CV-640 (CF-PWR), crashed near Campbell River Airport after the crew deviated from the approach procedure, killing four of 15 on board in the first fatal accident involving the Convair 640. February 9, 1992: A Gambcrest CV-640 (N862FW) crashed near Diouloulou, Senegal after the pilot mistook the lights of a hotel for runway lights, killing 31 of 59 on board in the deadliest