| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | August 15, 1958 |
| Time: | 2334 |
| Location: | Nantucket, Massachusetts |
| Operator: | Northeast Airlines |
| Flight #: | 258 |
| Route: | New York City - Nantucket |
| AC Type: | Convair CV-240-2 |
| Registration: | N90670 |
| cn / ln: | 090 |
| Aboard: | 34 (passengers:31 crew:3) |
| Fatalities: | 25 (passengers:22 crew:3) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The aircraft crashed 1,450 feet short of the runway while on approach in heavy fog. Poor judgement and technique by the pilot during approach in poor weather conditions. Nantucket Airport was not equipped with technology to permit insturment landings in such foggy conditions. |
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