- Date
- January 6, 1974
- Place
- Johnstown, PA · JOHNSTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 12 fatal, 5 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N125AEBeech 99A
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19740106043979A
- Case key
- 79396
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0001 74/1/6 JOHNSTOWN,PA BEECH 99A CR- 1 1 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1805 N125AE PX- 11 4 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 39, 6331 TOTAL HOURS, 383 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHNSTOWN-CAMBRIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PITTSBURGH,PA JOHNSTOWN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: DEFICIENCY,COMPANY MAINTAINED EQPMT,SERVICES,REGULATION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 280 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- LOC APCH.PREMATURE DSCNT BLO SAFE APCH SLOPE,REASON NOT DTRMD.CIG VRBL 200-400FT.CG BEYOND AFT LMT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N125AE
- Reported as
- Beech 99A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Johnstown-Cambria
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.