De Havilland DH114 N782R
11 February 1970 · Reading, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 11 February 1970 at about 15:40 local time, a De Havilland DH114 registered N782R, operated by Suburban Airli, was involved in an incident during the landing phase of flight near Reading, Pennsylvania, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 15:40
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
- Nearest airport
- Spatz
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- De Havilland DH114
- Registration
- N782R
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- Suburban Airli
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Lancaster, Pa → S
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 5-0002
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
R GR WOULDNT LOCK DOWN WITH NORMAL AND EMERG SYS.GREASE FILTER IN SINGLE ACTING DAMPER RAM CLOGGED
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other De Havilland DH114 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Dec 1969 | De Havilland DH114 | Charlotte Amal, Virgin Islands, United States | Puerto Rico In | Serious injuries | - |
| 24 Mar 1969 | De Havilland DH114 | Aspen, Colorado, United States | Aspen Airways* | No injuries | - |
| 28 Dec 1969 | De Havilland DH114 | Cleveland, Ohio, United States | Wright Airline | No injuries | - |
| 24 Jun 1972 | De Havilland DH114 | Ponce, Puerto Rico, United States | Puerto Rico In | Fatal | 5 |
| 19 May 1972 | De Havilland DH114 | S.luis Obsp, California, United States | Swift Aire Li* | No injuries | - |
| 24 Jan 1972 | De Havilland DH114 | Los Angeles, California, United States | Swift Aire Li* | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Norwood, Massachusetts, United States | E W Wiggins AI | No injuries | - |
| 10 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Albany, New York, United States | McIntyre Aviat | No injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 1970 | N American SNJ-4 | Dothan, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Ridgely, Maryland, United States | Charles B Todd | No injuries | - |
| 24 Jul 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Torrance, California, United States | Sperry Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 12 Dec 1970 | Aeronca 11AC | Butler, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |