De Havilland DH114 N782R

26 March 1974 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 26 March 1974 at about 15:00 local time, a De Havilland DH114 registered N782R, operated by Flightways AVI, was involved in an accident during in flight near Philadelphia, 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: 26 March 1974 at 15:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: De Havilland DH114
Registration: N782R
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Flightways AVI
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Ferry
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Lynchburg, Va → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0658

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

FIRE L WING LEADING EDGE COMPRT.ELECT SHRT CIRCUIT ABOVE HTR FUEL/AIR REGULATOR.

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 3-0658, 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 De Havilland DH114 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
19 Oct 1973	De Havilland DH114 N510FW	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	American Air T	No injuries	-
25 Feb 1973	De Havilland DH114 N509FW	Hailey, Idaho, United States no coordinates	Trns MGC Airln	No injuries	-
26 Jun 1975	De Havilland DH114 N411SA	Vandenberg Afb, California, United States no coordinates	Swift Aire Li*	No injuries	-
11 Jul 1975	De Havilland DH114 N570PR	San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States no coordinates	Puerto Rico In	Minor injuries	-
24 Jun 1972	De Havilland DH114 N554PR	Ponce, Puerto Rico, United States no coordinates	Puerto Rico In	Fatal	5
19 May 1972	De Havilland DH114 N1420Z	S.luis Obsp, California, United States no coordinates	Swift Aire Li*	No injuries	-

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