- Date
- September 13, 1976
- Place
- Franklin, PA · FRANKLIN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 14 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N915SADehavilland DHC-6
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 156100
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0015 76/9/13 FRANKLIN,PA DEHAVILLAND DHC-6 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2120 N915SA PX- 0 0 13 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 27, 9500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 1000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - CHESS-LAMBERTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PITTSBURGH,PA FRANKLIN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. REMARKS- PLT WALKED INTO PROPELLER SPINNING DOWN AFTR ENG SHUTDOWN.PLT CKG FOR POSSIBLE BIRD STRIKE DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N915SA
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Chess-Lamberton
N915SARegistration cancelled Jul 27, 1988 · Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTERAirframe modelDehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER
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.