| Date: | Wednesday 19 November 1969 |
| Time: | 20:20 |
| Type: |  Fairchild FH-227B |
| Owner/operator: | Mohawk Airlines |
| Registration: | N7811M |
| MSN: | 531 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7553 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 17 km N of Glenn Falls-Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport, NY (GFL) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Albany Airport, NY (ALB/KALB) |
| Glenn Falls-Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport, NY (GFL/KGFL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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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