Handly-Page 137 N340

8 July 1970 · Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 8 July 1970 at about 14:30 local time, a Handly-Page 137 registered N340, operated by National Steel, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 8 July 1970 at 14:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, United States
Nearest airport: Greatr Pittsburgh
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Handly-Page 137
Registration: N340
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: National Steel
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Corporate/Executive
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Detroit, Mich → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2872

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

RAIN SHOWER OVR FLD, PEAK GUST 51K.R PROP HIT TWYSIGN WHICH PENETRATED FUSELAGE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2872, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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