- Date
- November 29, 1966
- Place
- New Cumberland, PA · NEW CUMBERLAND, PA
- Injuries
- 16 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3414Convair 340
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79626
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0047 66/11/29 NEW CUMBERLAND PA CONVAIR 340 CR- 0 0 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1728 N3414 PX- 0 0 12 42, 17718 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARRISBURG-YORK OPERATOR - U.S. AIR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - THRUST-UNABLE TO REVERSE REMARKS- COMPLETE ELEC.FAILURE DUE IMPROPERLY INSTALLED HTR.PLT TRIED REV PROP.ACFT WG STRUCK APP LITE TWR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3414
- Reported as
- Convair 340
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Harrisburg-York
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