- Date
- April 9, 1977
- Place
- Reading, PA · READING, PA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19770409016021A19770409016022A
- Case key
- 157948
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1105 77/4/9 READING,PA NORD 262 CR- 3 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1356 N7886A PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 54, 8680 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 1380 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PHILADELPHIA,PA READING,PA WILMINGTON,DE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-LARGE US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - TOWER RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- NORD ACFT DSCNDS FOR LNDG AT RDG ARPT.CESSNA ACFT ENROUTE FRM LINCOLN PK,NJ TO YORK,PA.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1105 77/4/9 READING, PA CESSNA 195 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, TIME - 1356 N4377N PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 3 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LINCOLN PARK,NJ YORK,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-LARGE US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CESSNA UPPER R WING TIP STRUCK BY NORD PROPELLER.NORD ACFT MAKING VFR APCH TO RDG ARPT.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N4377N
- Reported as
- Cessna 195
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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.
- Registration
- N7886A
- Reported as
- Nord 262
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
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 · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.