- Date
- July 8, 1970
- Place
- Coraopolis, PA · CORAOPOLIS, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N340Handly-Page 137
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114432
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2872 70/7/8 CORAOPOLIS,PA HANDLY-PAGE 137 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1430 N340 PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC 46, 9740 TOTAL HOURS, 500 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATR PITTSBURGH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DETROIT,MICH CORAOPOLIS,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 67 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 14 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- RAIN SHOWER OVR FLD,PEAK GUST 51K.R PROP HIT TWY SIGN WHICH PENETRATED FUSELAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N340
- Reported as
- Handly-Page 137
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greatr Pittsburgh