Date: | Monday 16 September 1996 |
Time: | 22:00 |
Type: | Shorts SC.7 Skyvan 3-200 |
Owner/operator: | North Star Air Cargo |
Registration: | N10DA |
MSN: | SH.1873 |
Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
Total airframe hrs: | 18553 hours |
Engine model: | Garrett TPE331-2-201A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 5 km from Pittsburgh International Airport, PA (PIT) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Clarksburg-Benedum Airport, WV (CKB/KCKB) |
Destination airport: | Pittsburgh International Airport, PA (PIT/KPIT) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Flight 1215 departed Clarksburg at 20:35. After a delay due to the weather, the pilot was vectored for a runway 10R instrument approach with a 35 mile final. At 21:48 the pilot declared a fuel critical situation. Several aircraft were then vectored off the ILS. Oil pressure dropped and the no. 2 engine was shut down while on approach. The airplane didn't make it to the runway and struck power lines and telephone poles, and came to rest across a narrow secondary road.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's improper in-flight decision to continue to his destination when known en route delays were encountered which resulted in fuel exhaustion."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | IAD96FA147 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 6 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
Air Safety Week 14 October 1996 (p. 6)
Scramble 210
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Atlanta International Airport, GA (ATL); February 1978
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