- Date
- November 7, 1975
- Place
- State College, PA · STATE COLLEGE, PA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4QANa Rockwell 112
- Status
- Completed · report January 27, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751107041049A
- Case key
- 151477
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3760 75/11/7 NR.STATE COLLEGE,PA NA ROCKWELL 112 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1925 N4QA PX- 3 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 33, 3291 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - UNIVERSITY PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LATROBE,PA STATE COLLEGE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- UNLIGHTED AREA,HIT MTN 1500FT MSL.CLD 1000FT AGL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4QA
- Reported as
- Na Rockwell 112
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- University Park
N4QARegistration cancelled Feb 20, 1976 · Rockwell International 112AAirframe modelRockwell International 112A
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.