- Date
- February 10, 1977
- Place
- Shenandoah, VA · SHENANDOAH, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 26 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N247PNihon YS11
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 156884
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0006 77/2/10 SHENANDOAH,VA NIHON YS11 CR- 0 1 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0758 N247P PX- 0 0 23 41, 6734 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 4088 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - PIEDMONT AVIATION,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHENANDOAH,VA CHARLOTTESVILLE,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL: FLIGHT ATTENDANT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH 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 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- UNFORECAST CAT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N247P
- Reported as
- Nihon YS11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage