ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330730
Date: | Saturday 11 September 1971 |
Time: | 09:22 |
Type: | Howard Eldorado 700 |
Owner/operator: | Youngstown Cartage Co. |
Registration: | N25YC |
MSN: | 5598 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Philadelphia International Airport, PA (PHL) -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Reading Municipal Airport/Spaatz Field, PA (RDG/KRDG) |
Destination airport: | Philadelphia International Airport, PA (PHL/KPHL) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The aircraft descended below MDA and encountered severe turbulence and heavy rain from a thunderstorm cell. A go around was attempted but the aircraft impacted terrain.
The aircraft was initially manufactured as a Lockheed PV-1 for the US Navy. After military service it was converted to an executive configuration as a Spartan Ventura and subsequently a Howard Super Ventura. In 1966 it was converted to a Howard 350 and marketed as a Howard Eldorado 700.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - improper ifr operation
FACTORS:
weather - low ceiling
weather - rain
weather - turbulence, associated w/clouds and/or thunderstorms
weather - thunderstorm activity
Sources:
NTSB
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