Date: | Tuesday 2 July 1963 |
Time: | 16:49 |
Type: | Martin 4-0-4 |
Owner/operator: | Mohawk Airlines |
Registration: | N449A |
MSN: | 14140 |
Year of manufacture: | 1952 |
Total airframe hrs: | 29817 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 43 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Rochester-Monroe County Airport, NY (ROC) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Rochester-Monroe County Airport, NY (ROC/KROC) |
Destination airport: | Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR) |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Takeoff from Rochester-Monroe County runway 28 was began as a thunderstorm moved over the runway from the West-Northwest. After lift-off, the aircraft entered an area of heavy rain, shifting winds and hail. The left wing made contact with the ground and the Martin cartwheeled to a stop.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "A loss of control during an attempted takeoff into a severe thunderstorm."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Report number: | final report |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
CAB Accident Report File No. 1-0008
ICAO Accident Digest No.15 - Volume I, Circular 78-AN/66 (109-113)
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