# Incident 19870408014229I: Dhav DHC7102, Philadelphia, PA, April 8, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1987, 10:35 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Mcguire Afb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PAAA
- 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: N42RA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC7102
- People aboard: 12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 4,700 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC87IA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87IA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870408014229I

## Narrative

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

NEAR MISS OCCURRED WITH AN AIR FORCE C141 ON CLIMB TO ALTITUDE.

## 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 NYC87IA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87IA118), Apr 8, 1987: de Havilland DHC-7-102 (N42RA), Wrightstown, NJ, incident, minor damage

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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