- Date
- June 22, 1981
- Place
- Wilkes Barre, PA · WILKES BARRE, PA
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 11 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N304CAShort Bros SD3-30
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810622054069I
- Case key
- 125408
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0035 81/6/22 NR.WILKES BARRE,PA SHORT BROS SD3-30 CR- 0 0 3 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1717 N304CA PX- 0 0 10 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 32, 7800 TOTAL HOURS, 365 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIDDLETOWN,PA FLUSHING,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- ACFT ABRUPTLY DESCENDED 800FT FOLLOWED BY AN INCREASE IN ALT OF 1100FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N304CA
- Reported as
- Short Bros SD3-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
N304CARegistration cancelled Nov 26, 2014 · Short Bros. & Harland SD3-30Airframe modelShort Bros. & Harland SD3-30Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
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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.