- Date
- February 11, 1970
- Place
- Reading, PA · READING, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N782RDehavilland DH114
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 131230
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0002 70/2/11 READING,PA DEHAVILLAND DH114 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 2300 TIME - 1540 N782R PX- 0 0 1 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 610 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - SPATZ DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANCASTER,PA READING,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- R GR WOULDNT LOCK DOWN WITH NORMAL AND EMERG SYS.GREASE FILTER IN SINGLE ACTING DAMPER RAM CLOGGED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N782R
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DH114
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Spatz
N782RRegistration cancelled May 9, 2013 · Dehavilland DH 114 HERON 2XAirframe modelDehavilland DH 114 HERON 2XEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.
Other investigations on N782R · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.