- Date
- July 25, 1980
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA · PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5MSPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report January 27, 1981
- FAA report
- 19800725035529A
- Case key
- 129307
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3484 80/7/25 PHILADELPHIA,PA PIPER PA-31 CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0713 N5MS PX- 1 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 34, 3670 TOTAL HOURS, 117 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILADELPHIA INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP HAZELTON,PA PHILADELPHIA,PA READING,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. REMARKS- LOW FLAT VISUAL APPROACH 52SEC BEHIND B727.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5MS
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Philadelphia Intl
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.