ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331314
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Date: | Wednesday 19 November 1969 |
Time: | 20:20 |
Type: | Fairchild FH-227B |
Owner/operator: | Mohawk Airlines |
Registration: | N7811M |
MSN: | 531 |
Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
Total airframe hrs: | 7553 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 17 km N of Glenn Falls-Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport, NY (GFL) -
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Albany Airport, NY (ALB/KALB) |
Destination airport: | Glenn Falls-Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport, NY (GFL/KGFL) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Flight 411 had been cleared for a runway 19 VOR approach when it struck trees on the northwest slope of Pilot Knob Mountain, and impacted a rock cliff, after which the aircraft fell 38 feet, becoming lodged between trees. A fire broke out.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The captain, while conducting an approach, exceeded his clearance limits and, thereafter, flew the aircraft into a severe "lee of the mountain downdraft" at an altitude insufficient for recovery. No evidence was found to explain why this particular approach was attempted."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | DCA70A0005 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 9 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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