Penn Valley Airport

Penn Valley Airport (IATA: SEG[2], ICAO: KSEG, FAA LID: SEG) is a public airport a mile north of Selinsgrove, a borough in Snyder County, Pennsylvania. It is owned by the Penn Valley Airport Authority.[1] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility.[3]

Penn Valley Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerPenn Valley Airport Authority
ServesSelinsgrove, Pennsylvania
Elevation AMSL463 ft / 141 m
Coordinates40°49′16″N 076°51′51″W
Map
SEG
Location of airport in Pennsylvania
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 4,760 1,451 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft operations28,000
Based aircraft30

Facilities and aircraft

Penn Valley Airport covers 149 acres (60 ha) at an elevation of 463 feet (141 m). Its one runway, 17/35, is 4,760 by 75 feet (1,451 x 23 m) asphalt.[1]

In the year ending March 7, 2012 the airport had 28,000 aircraft operations, average 76 per day: 87% general aviation, 12% air taxi, and 1% military. 30 aircraft were then based at the airport: 67% single-engine, 13% ultralight, 10% multi-engine, 7% jet, and 3% helicopter.[1]

Accidents and incidents
  • On August 23, 1987 a Piper PA-23-160 registered N4003P with three on-board crashed on takeoff killing all those aboard. The pilot and owner of the aircraft Karl Kovacs was taking two others on a scenic flight of the Susquehanna Valley. However the aircraft was overweight and in low ceilings and fog, Kovacs struggled to gain altitude and was in a high pitch angle and stalled at approximately 750 feet. The cause was determined to be pilot error and gross overload of the Piper.[4][5]
  • On October 4, 2013 a Piper PA-22 crashed on the runway during an attempted takeoff. Two people were seriously injured, National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration investigated stating the cause was the "pilots failure to perform pre-flight check elevator trim would have shown the aircraft wasn't airworthy."[6]

See also

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for SEG PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. "IATA Airport Code Search (SEG: Selinsgrove / Penn Valley)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
  3. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. External link in |work= (help)
  4. "Piper PA-23 incident in Selinsgrove, PA - NTSB/FAA". ntsb.gov.
  5. Ranter, Harro. "Accident Piper PA-23-160 N4003P, 28 Aug 1987". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
  6. "ERA14LA015". www.ntsb.gov. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
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