Providence – Windsor Locks – Philadelphia – Nashville – Memphis

On June 23, 1976 at 05:12 PM, Providence – Windsor Locks – Philadelphia – Nashville – Memphis experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-9, operated by Allegheny Airlines, with the event recorded near Philadelphia Pennsylvania.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

106 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 106 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 102, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Allegheny Airlines Flight 121, a Douglas DC-9-31, suffered a landing accident on the Philadelphia International Airport, Pennsylvania. Of the 106 persons onboard, 86 persons were injured; there were no fatalities. The captain of Flight 121 had conducted an instrument approach to runway 27R in visual conditions as a thunderstorm passed over the airport in a north-northeasterly direction. When near the threshold the captain initiated a go-around from a low altitude and entered rain of increasing intensity. Shortly thereafter the aircraft was seen descending in a nose-up attitude with the landing gear retracted. After striking tail first on a taxiway about 4,000 feet beyond the threshold of runway 27, the aircraft slid about 2,000 feet and stopped. The wreckage came to rest about 6,000 feet beyond the threshold and about 350 feet to the right of the centerline of runway 27R.

Aircraft reference details include registration N994VJ, MSN 47333/481, year of manufacture 1969.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.9527°, -75.1635°.