- Date
- July 4, 1973
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA · PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N740AFPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730704021489A
- Case key
- 189524
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1993 73/7/4 PHILADELPHIA,PA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 498 TIME - 2153 N740AF PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 74 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILADELPHIA INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTREAL,CAN PHILADELPHIA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PILOT TAXIED INTO APPROACH LIGHTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N740AF
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Philadelphia Intl
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.