NYC80IA086

NTSB incident investigation · Nord 262 · Philadelphia, PA · September 16, 1980

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
September 16, 1980
Place
Philadelphia, PA · PHILADELPHIA, PA
Injuries
22 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N481ANord 262
Status
Completed · report June 1, 1981
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
129047

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0048  80/9/16    PHILADELPHIA,PA     NORD 262            CR-  0  0  3  COMMERCIAL                AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0801                    N481A               PX-  0  0 19  COMMUTER AIR CARRIER      33, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D        707 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILADELPHIA INTL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          PHILADELPHIA,PA             RICHMOND,VA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- NOSE GR FAILED FOR UNDETERMINED REASON.

Aircraft

Registration
N481A
Reported as
Nord 262
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo prop
Damage
Minor damage
Airport
Philadelphia Intl

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.