Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 18 DEC 1954 |
| Time: | ca 01:42 |
| Type: | Lockheed 18-07-01 Lodestar |
| Operator: | Sangamo Electric Company |
| Registration: | N711SE |
| C/n / msn: | 18-2091 |
| First flight: | 1941 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1336 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near White Plains, NY (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | New London-Groton Airport, CT (GON/KGON), United States of America |
| White Plains-Westchester County Airport, NY (HPN/KHPN), United States of America |
The Lodestar clipped trees about 800 feet before it struck the ground on a 680-foot knoll located on the ILS approach path. Ceiling was 300 feet, visibility 1 mile.
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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 New London-Groton Airport, CT to White Plains-Westchester County Airport, NY as the crow flies is 141 km (88 miles).
Distance from New London-Groton Airport, CT to White Plains-Westchester County Airport, NY as the crow flies is 141 km (88 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
