Airplane Crash - Willamsport, Pennsylvania 12/01/1959
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Willamsport, Pennsylvania
Date | 12/01/1959 |
Time | 09:47 |
Location | Willamsport, Pennsylvania |
Operator | Allegheny Airlines |
Flight # | 371 |
Route | Harrisburg - Willamsport |
Type | Martin 202 |
Registration | N174A |
Cn/In | 9159 |
Aboard | 26 |
Fatalities | 25 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | Crashed into Bald Eagle Mountain,13 miles south of Williamsport, while on an ILS approach to Williamsport. Probable accidental caging of the fluxgate compass leading to a erroneous heading indication. Captain's failure to execute a timely abandoned approach. There was one passenger who survived. |
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