# Accident 19790403042309A: Piper PA34200, Philadelphia, PA, April 3, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1979, 04:31 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 39.9523° N, 75.1638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Philadelphia, PA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9523&lon=-75.1638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6211J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6211J-1982-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,680 total, 231 in this make and model, 256 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790403042309A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

CRASHED INTO RIVER ON ILS APPROACH IN NEAR ZERO IMC. PILOT AND AIRPLANE CHECKED OUT. ENGINES NOT FOUND. UNKNOWN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC79FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA034), Apr 3, 1979: Piper PA-34 (N6211J), Philadelphia, PA, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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