Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 15 DEC 1958 |
| Time: | 09:30 |
| Type: | Lockheed Learstar 1 |
| Operator: | Johnson and Johnson |
| Registration: | N37500 |
| C/n / msn: | 18-2251 |
| First flight: | 1942 |
| Engines: | 2 Wright R-1820-76B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 8 km (5 mls) SW of Whoonsocket, RI (United States of America) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Linden Airport, NJ (LDJ), United States of America |
| Boston-Logan International Airport, MA (BOS/KBOS), United States of America |
Carburettor icing; crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's decision to continue on to his destination in freezing weather after total power loss of one engine from induction icing.
Contributing causal factors were the serious deficiency in weather briefing and inadequate information in the Airplane Flight Manual for the most effective use of carburetor anti-icing and deicing." Sources:
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Map
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 Linden Airport, NJ to Boston-Logan International Airport, MA as the crow flies is 330 km (206 miles).
Distance from Linden Airport, NJ to Boston-Logan International Airport, MA as the crow flies is 330 km (206 miles).
