ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329988
Date: | Sunday 6 January 1974 |
Time: | 19:05 |
Type: | Beechcraft 99A Airliner |
Owner/operator: | Air East |
Registration: | N125AE |
MSN: | U-125 |
Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
Total airframe hrs: | 7503 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 17 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Johnstown-Cambria County Airport, PA (JST) -
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Pittsburgh International Airport, PA (PIT/KPIT) |
Destination airport: | Johnstown-Cambria County Airport, PA (JST/KJST) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The aircraft crashed short of runway 33 after hitting an ILS tower.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "A premature descent below a safe approach slope followed by a stall and loss of aircraft control. The reason for the premature descent could not be determined, but it was probably the result of: (1) A deliberate descent below the published minimum descent altitude to establish reference with the approach lights and make the landing, (2) a visual impairment or optical illusion created by the runway/approach lighting systems, and (3) downdrafts near the approach end of the runway."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC77FM028 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
Flight International 17 January 1974 (66)
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