Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 09 APR 1977 |
| Time: | 13:56 |
| Type: | Nord 262A-27 |
| Operator: | Altair Airlines |
| Registration: | N7886A |
| C/n / msn: | 47 |
| First flight: | 1968 |
| Engines: | 2 Turbomeca Bastan VI-C1 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Collision casualties: | Fatalities: 1 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 10 km (6.3 mls) S of Reading Municipal Airport/Spaatz Field, PA (RDG) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Philadelphia International Airport, PA (PHL/KPHL), United States of America |
| Reading Municipal Airport/Spaatz Field, PA (RDG/KRDG), United States of America |
The Nord collided with a Cessna 195 aircraft (N4377N) at 4500 feet, 54 seconds after being cleared for a left downwind approach to runway 31. The Cessna was enroute from Lincoln Park, NJ to York, PA when the upper right wingtip was struck by a propeller from the Nord.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - failed to see and avoid other aircraft
personnel - miscellaneous-personnel: pilot of other aircraft Events:
Sources:
» NTSB
Photos
Altair bought this Nord 262 from Cimber Air in February 1977
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Philadelphia International Airport, PA to Reading Municipal Airport/Spaatz Field, PA as the crow flies is 83 km (52 miles).
Distance from Philadelphia International Airport, PA to Reading Municipal Airport/Spaatz Field, PA as the crow flies is 83 km (52 miles).
