- Date
- April 2, 1970
- Place
- Roanoke, VA · ROANOKE, VA
- Injuries
- 10 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N159PNihon YS-11A
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 131107
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0013 70/4/2 ROANOKE,VA NIHON YS-11A CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1542 N159P PX- 0 0 5 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - WOODRUM OPERATOR - PIEDMONT AVIATION,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROANOKE,VA UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 5500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 49 260 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 30 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ACFT SETTLED ON TAIL.5 PAX ABOARD,ACFT CARGO BIN LOAD 1120LB.COMPUTED W/B 53 PAX.WIND GUSTING 50K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N159P
- Reported as
- Nihon YS-11A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Woodrum
N159PRegistration cancelled Aug 8, 2012 · Nihon YS-11A-500Airframe modelNihon YS-11A-500Engine modelRolls-Royce DART-542 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.