| Date: | Sunday 6 January 1974 |
| Time: | 19:05 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 99A Airliner |
| Owner/operator: | Air East |
| Registration: | N125AE |
| MSN: | U-125 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7503 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 17 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Johnstown-Cambria County Airport, PA (JST) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Pittsburgh International Airport, PA (PIT/KPIT) |
| Johnstown-Cambria County Airport, PA (JST/KJST) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft crashed short of runway 33 after hitting an ILS tower.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "A premature descent below a safe approach slope followed by a stall and loss of aircraft control. The reason for the premature descent could not be determined, but it was probably the result of: (1) A deliberate descent below the published minimum descent altitude to establish reference with the approach lights and make the landing, (2) a visual impairment or optical illusion created by the runway/approach lighting systems, and (3) downdrafts near the approach end of the runway."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Flight International 17 January 1974 (66)
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