Status:
Date:	19 NOV 1969
Time:	20:20 EST
Type:	Fairchild FH-227B
Operator:	Mohawk Airlines
Registration:	N7811M
C/n / msn:	531
First flight:	1966
Crew:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:	Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11
Total:	Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14
Airplane damage:	Written off
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	17 km (10.6 mls) N of Glenn Falls-Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport, NY (GFL) (United States of America)
Phase:	Approach (APR)
Nature:	Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Albany Airport, NY (ALB/KALB), United States of America
Destination airport:	Glenn Falls-Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport, NY (GFL/KGFL), United States of America
Flightnumber:	411

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."

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