- | 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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