Nihon YS-11A N273P

23 February 1970 · Warrenton, Virginia, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 23 February 1970 at about 13:10 local time, a Nihon YS-11A registered N273P, operated by Piedmont Aviation, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Warrenton, Virginia, United States. 20 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 23 February 1970 at 13:10
Classification: Accident
Location: Warrenton, Virginia, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Nihon YS-11A
Registration: N273P
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Piedmont Aviation, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Washington, Dc → Cincinnati, Ohio
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0005

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
20	0	1	0	19

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

ABRUPT PULL UP TO AVOID UNIDENTIFIED CESSNA 150.

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 1-0005, 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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Other Nihon YS-11A accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
6 Apr 1970	Nihon YS-11A N189P	Charleston, West Virginia, United States no coordinates	Piedmont Aviation, Inc.	No injuries	-
2 Apr 1970	Nihon YS-11A N159P	Roanoke, Virginia, United States no coordinates	Piedmont Aviation, Inc.	No injuries	-
6 Apr 1970	Nihon YS-11A N254P	Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States no coordinates	Piedmont Aviation, Inc.	No injuries	-
28 Jul 1970	Nihon YS-11A N259P	Washington, District of Columbia, United States no coordinates	Piedmont Aviation, Inc.	No injuries	-
28 Oct 1970	Nihon YS-11A N164P	Hot Springs, Virginia, United States no coordinates	Piedmont Aviation, Inc.	No injuries	-
3 Jun 1971	Nihon YS-11A N224P	Washington, District of Columbia, United States no coordinates	Piedmont Aviation, Inc.	No injuries	-

All 17 records for this type

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