- Date
- April 6, 1970
- Place
- Charleston, WV · CHARLESTON, WV
- Injuries
- 25 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N189PNihon YS-11A
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138499
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0007 70/4/6 NR.CHARLESTON,W VA NIHON YS-11A CR- 0 0 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1652 N189P PX- 0 0 21 55, 12000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 297 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - PIEDMONT AVIATION,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BECKLEY,W VA CHARLESTON,W VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION LIGHTNING STRIKE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - LIGHTNING STRIKE AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: RUDDER SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) SNOW, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 32 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 290 35 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO RUDDER.LANDED AT ARPT WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N189P
- Reported as
- Nihon YS-11A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage