- Date
- April 3, 1979
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA · PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6211JPiper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790403042309A
- Case key
- 137104
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0888 79/4/3 PHILADELPHIA,PA PIPER PA-34 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0431 N6211J PX- 1 0 0 SCHED CARGO SRV AGE 28, 3680 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 256 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILADELPHIA INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP NEWARK,NJ BALTIMORE,MD PHILADELPHIA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 49 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6211J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Philadelphia Intl
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.