Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 27 DEC 1972 |
| Time: | 22:02 |
| Type: | Lockheed L-1329 JetStar 6 |
| Operator: | Fluor Corp |
| Registration: | N400M |
| C/n / msn: | 5008 |
| First flight: | 1961 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Saranac Lake, NY (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Grand Island Airport, NE (GRI/KGRI), United States of America |
| Saranac Lake-Adirondack Airport, NY (SLK/KSLK), United States of America |
Collided with trees and crashed while circling at 2140 feet in an area where MDA was 2960 feet.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - improper IFR operation
FACTOR(S):
weather - low ceiling
weather - fog
weather - snow
weather briefing - unknown/not reported
weather forecast - weather considerably worse than forecast Sources:
» NTSB
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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 Grand Island Airport, NE to Saranac Lake-Adirondack Airport, NY as the crow flies is 1985 km (1241 miles).
Distance from Grand Island Airport, NE to Saranac Lake-Adirondack Airport, NY as the crow flies is 1985 km (1241 miles).
