- Date
- December 21, 1976
- Place
- Bradford, PA · BRADFORD, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 32 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N5811Convair 580
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 156048
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0023 76/12/21 BRADFORD,PA CONVAIR 580 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1345 N5811 PX- 0 1 29 47, 19038 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 6660 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRADFORD REGIONAL OPERATOR - U.S. AIR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PITTSBURGH,PA BRADFORD,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES BLOWING SNOW 310 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- DURING DEPLANING,PAX WITH INFANT CHILD IN ARMS FELL WHILE DESCENDING BOTTOM STEP OF ACFT STAIRS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5811
- Reported as
- Convair 580
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Bradford Regional
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