- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: December 01, 1959
Time: 0947
Location: Willamsport, Pennsylvania
Operator: Allegheny Airlines
Flight #: 371
Route: Harrisburg - Willamsport
AC Type: Martin 202
Registration: N174A
cn / ln: 9159
Aboard: 26   (passengers:22  crew:4)
Fatalities: 25   (passengers:21  crew:4)
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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