| Date of Accident: | 28 January 1963 |  |
| Airline: | Continental Airlines |  |
| Aircraft: | Vickers Viscount 812 | |
| Location: | Kansas City, Missouri, USA | |
| Registration: | N242V | |
| Previous Registrations: | --- | |
| Flight Number: | 290 | |
| Fatalities: | 8:8 | |
| MSN: | 356 | |
| Line Number: | --- | |
| Engine Manufacturer: | --- | |
| Engine Model: | --- | |
| Year of Delivery: | --- | |
| Accident Description: | While making a straight in approach, the aircraft continued flying over the runway to the south end and while at a height of 90 feet, suddenly pitched down and struck the ground. Icing of the horizontal stabilizer which led to loss of pitch control. |
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