Airplane Crash - Bradford, Pennsylvania 12/24/1968
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Bradford, Pennsylvania
| Date | 12/24/1968 |
| Time | 20:12 |
| Location | Bradford, Pennsylvania |
| Operator | Allegheny Airlines |
| Flight # | 736 |
| Route | Detroit - Erie - Bradford - Washington D.C. |
| Type | Convair CV-580 |
| Registration | N5802 |
| Cn/In | 410 |
| Aboard | 47 |
| Fatalities | 20 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | The aircraft crashed into trees in the snow, 2.5 miles short of the runway, during an instrument approach. Continuation of the descent below minimum descent altitude into obstructing terrain while both pilots were looking outside to establish visual reference to the ground. Improper IFR operation. Misread or failed to read instruments. |
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