Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 16 SEP 1996 |
| Time: | 22:00 EST |
| Type: | Shorts SC.7 Skyvan 3-200 |
| Operator: | North Star Air Cargo |
| Registration: | N10DA |
| C/n / msn: | SH.1873 |
| First flight: | 1969 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 18553 |
| Engines: | 2 Garrett TPE331-2-201A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 5 km (3.1 mls) from Pittsburgh International Airport, PA (PIT) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Clarksburg-Benedum Airport, WV (CKB/KCKB), United States of America |
| Pittsburgh International Airport, PA (PIT/KPIT), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 1215 |
Flight 1215 departed Clarksburg at 20:35. After a delay due to the weather, the pilot was vectored for a runway 10R instrument approach with a 35mile final. At 21:48 the pilot declared a fuel critical situation. Several aircraft were then vectored off the ILS. Oil pressure dropped and the no. 2 engine was shut down while on approach. The airplane didn't make it to the runway and struck power lines and telephone poles, and came to rest across a narrow secondary road.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's improper in-flight decision to continue to his destination when known en route delays were encountered which resulted in fuel exhaustion." Sources:
» Air Safety Week 14.10.1996 (p. 6)
» Scramble 210
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Clarksburg-Benedum Airport, WV to Pittsburgh International Airport, PA as the crow flies is 132 km (82 miles).
Distance from Clarksburg-Benedum Airport, WV to Pittsburgh International Airport, PA as the crow flies is 132 km (82 miles).
