- Date
- June 3, 1980
- Place
- Allentown, PA · ALLENTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 7 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N844SAShort Bros SD3-30
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800603022349A
- Case key
- 130761
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0914 80/6/3 ALLENTOWN,PA SHORT BROS SD3-30 CR- 0 0 3 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1448 N844SA PX- 0 0 6 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 35, 11479 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 344 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLENTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALLENTOWN,PA BINGHAMTON,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TORNADO WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 290 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 60 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- TORNADO UPSET AIRCRAFT AT BOARDING GATE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N844SA
- Reported as
- Short Bros SD3-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Allentown
N844SARegistration cancelled Mar 2, 1981 · Short Bros. & Harland SD3-30Airframe modelShort Bros. & Harland SD3-30
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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.