- Date
- March 26, 1974
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA · PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N782RDehavilland DH114
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 186496
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0658 74/3/26 NR.PHILADELPHIA,PA DEHAVILLAND DH114 CR- 0 0 3 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1500 N782R PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 27, 2860 TOTAL HOURS, 21 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LYNCHBURG,VA PHILADELPHIA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: RELAYS AND WIRING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHAFED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN WING REMARKS- FIRE L WING LEADING EDGE COMPRT.ELECT SHRT CIRCUIT ABOVE HTR FUEL/AIR REGULATOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N782R
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DH114
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N782RRegistration cancelled May 9, 2013 · Dehavilland DH 114 HERON 2XAirframe modelDehavilland DH 114 HERON 2XEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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Other investigations on N782R · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.