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
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Reading Municipal Airport/Spaatz Field, PA (RDG/KRDG) |
| Philadelphia International Airport, PA (PHL/KPHL) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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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