- Date
- May 24, 1973
- Place
- Washington, PA · WASHINGTON, PA
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N621WHoward Aero 500
- Status
- Completed · report June 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730524013179A
- Case key
- 190762
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1012 73/5/24 WASHINGTON,PA HOWARD AERO 500 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 15973 TIME - 1815 N621W PX- 0 0 3 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 780 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WASHINGTON COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL WASHINGTON,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 59 110 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- LND DOWNWIND FROM VOR CIRCLING APCH. UN STOP ACFT DUE HYDROPLANING. RAN DOWN EMBANKMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N621W
- Reported as
- Howard Aero 500
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Washington County
N621WRegistration cancelled Aug 25, 1976 · Dee Howard 500Airframe modelDee Howard 500Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-2800 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.