Date:	Tuesday 2 July 1963
Time:	16:49
Type:	Martin 4-0-4
Owner/operator:	Mohawk Airlines
Registration:	N449A
MSN:	14140
Year of manufacture:	1952
Total airframe hrs:	29817 hours
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 43
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Rochester-Monroe County Airport, NY (ROC) -   United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Rochester-Monroe County Airport, NY (ROC/KROC)
Destination airport:	Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR)
Investigating agency:	CAB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Takeoff from Rochester-Monroe County runway 28 was began as a thunderstorm moved over the runway from the West-Northwest. After lift-off, the aircraft entered an area of heavy rain, shifting winds and hail. The left wing made contact with the ground and the Martin cartwheeled to a stop.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "A loss of control during an attempted takeoff into a severe thunderstorm."

CAB Accident Report File No. 1-0008
ICAO Accident Digest No.15 - Volume I, Circular 78-AN/66 (109-113)

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