Airplane Crash - Hyannis, Massachusetts 06/17/1979
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Hyannis, Massachusetts
| Date | 06/17/1979 |
| Time | 22:48 |
| Location | Hyannis, Massachusetts |
| Operator | Air New England |
| Flight # | 248 |
| Route | New York, NY - Hyannis, MA |
| Type | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Registration | N383EX |
| Cn/In | 245 |
| Aboard | 10 |
| Fatalities | 1 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | The plane crashed in a heavily wooded area about 1.5 miles northeast of Barnstable Municipal Airport while on an ILS approach. The failure of the flightcrew to recognize and react in a timely manner to the gross deviation from acceptable approach parameters, resulting in a continuation of the descent well below the decision height during a precision approach without visual contact with the runway environment. Pilot fatigue. |
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