Nihon YS-11A N259P

Summary

On 28 July 1970 at about 16:29 local time, a Nihon YS-11A registered N259P, operated by Piedmont Aviation, Inc., was involved in an incident during the landing phase of flight near Washington, District of Columbia, United States. 39 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 July 1970 at 16:29

Classification

Incident

Location

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Nearest airport

National

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Nihon YS-11A

Registration

N259P

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

2

Operator

Piedmont Aviation, Inc.

Phase of flight

Landing

Route

Atlanta, Ga → S

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Daylight

NTSB number

4-0034

Nobody was injured.

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

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Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.