- Date
- April 4, 1975
- Place
- Washington, DC · WASHINGTON, DC
- Injuries
- 10 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N26217Nord-Avion 262A12
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 148678
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0015 75/4/4 WASHINGTON,DC NORD-AVION 262A12 CR- 0 0 3 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0818 N26217 PX- 0 0 7 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 48, 10931 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 2000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - NATIONAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WASHINGTON,DC PHILADELPHIA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 36 310 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 25 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 40K.OUTSIDE X-WIND LIMITATION FOR RWY 36.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26217
- Reported as
- Nord-Avion 262A12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- National