- Date
- August 31, 1977
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA · PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 17 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7885ANord-Avion 262
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770831033399A
- Case key
- 145930
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3017 77/8/31 PHILADELPHIA,PA NORD-AVION 262 CR- 0 1 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1540 N7885A PX- 0 0 15 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 47, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARRISBURG,PA PHILADELPHIA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL: FLIGHT ATTENDANT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- CABIN PERSONNEL WARNED TO BE SEATED. PAX GOT UP, FLT ATTENDANT GOT UP TO SEAT PAX.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7885A
- Reported as
- Nord-Avion 262
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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