- Date
- September 11, 1971
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA · PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Injuries
- 6 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N725YCLockheed PV-1
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163400
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3142 71/9/11 PHILADELPHIA,PA LOCKHEED PV-1 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0922 N725YC PX- 0 0 4 CORP/EXEC 47, 19000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 400 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILADELPHIA INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP YOUNGSTOWN,OHIO PHILADELPHIA,PA READING,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DSCNDD BLO MDA.ENCTRD SVR TURB AND HEAVY RAIN FROM TSTM CELL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N725YC
- Reported as
- Lockheed PV-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Philadelphia Intl
N725YCRegistration cancelled May 7, 2013 · Lockheed 18-56Airframe modelLockheed 18-56Engine modelWright C9HD 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.