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| Date: | Wednesday 30 September 1959 |
| Time: | 14:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 140 |
| Owner/operator: | Richard G Hochrein |
| Registration: | N1652V |
| MSN: | 13824 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | North Philadelphia Airport, PA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lake Susquehanna Airport, Blairstown, NJ |
| North Philadelphia Airport, PA | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Two light airplane collided over airport at 500-600 ft. A single engined two seater Cessna crashed on a farm north of the airport. The other aircraft, Aeronca L-16A N9330H which was on approach, crash-landed on the runway.
Sources:
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1 October 1959, p12
https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/33627
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Nov-2017 17:07 | TB | Added |
| 27-Dec-2021 12:45 | Cobar | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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