- Date
- July 25, 1978
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA · PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Injuries
- 25 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N26225Nord 262-A
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780725039289I
- Case key
- 140450
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0013 78/7/25 PHILADELPHIA,PA NORD 262-A CR- 0 0 3 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2015 N26225 PX- 0 0 22 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 33, 9600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 5000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - N.PHILADELPHIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WASHINGTON,DC PHILADELPHIA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- LDG GEAR SHOCK STRUT CAP FAILED.METAL FATIGUE FOUND IN STRUT CAP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26225
- Reported as
- Nord 262-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- N.Philadelphia
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.