| Date: | Monday 15 December 1958 |
| Time: | 09:30 |
| Type: |  Lockheed Learstar 1 |
| Owner/operator: | Johnson and Johnson |
| Registration: | N37500 |
| MSN: | 18-2251 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Engine model: | Wright R-1820-76B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 8 km SW of Whoonsocket, RI -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Linden Airport, NJ (LDJ/KLDJ) |
| Boston-Logan International Airport, MA (BOS/KBOS) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Carburettor icing; crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's decision to continue on to his destination in freezing weather after total power loss of one engine from induction icing.
Contributing causal factors were the serious deficiency in weather briefing and inadequate information in the Airplane Flight Manual for the most effective use of carburetor anti-icing and deicing."
Sources:
The Victoria Advocate 16 December 1958, p1
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