Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | Wednesday 19 November 1969 |
Time: | 20:20 |
Type: | Fairchild FH-227B |
Operator: | Mohawk Airlines |
Registration: | N7811M |
MSN: | 531 |
First flight: | 1966 |
Total airframe hrs: | 7553 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
Total: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | 17 km (10.6 mls) N of Glenn Falls-Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport, NY (GFL) ( United States of America)
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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:
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 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 9 months | Accident number: | NTSB/AAR-70-12 | Download report: | Final report
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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 Albany Airport, NY to Glenn Falls-Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport, NY as the crow flies is 67 km (42 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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.