- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | June 13, 1947 |
Time: | 1816 |
Location: | Leesburg, Virginia |
Operator: | Pennsylvania Central Airlines |
Flight #: | 410 |
Route: | Pittsburgh - Washington D.C. |
AC Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54-DO) |
Registration: | NC88842 |
cn / ln: | 3112 |
Aboard: | 50 (passengers:47 crew:3) |
Fatalities: | 50 (passengers:47 crew:3) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The aircraft crashed into a ridge at Lookout Rock, 8 miles SE of Charles Town, WV during a rainstorm. The action of the pilot in descending below the minimum en route altitude under conditions of weather which prevented adquate visual reference to the ground. A contributing cause was the faulty clearance given by ATC. |
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